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E54: FTCE | General Knowledge | Mathematics | Solving Equations or Inequalities algebraically or graphically In today's episode, we are reviewing the definition of a function. This is part of a multi-series review of what YOU need to know to pass the Mathematics subtest of the GK. About FTCE Seminar How do you PASS the Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE)? On this podcast, we will be discussing concepts from the FTCE Testing Blueprint to help you prepare for the exam. ..Not only is each episode based on the FTCE General Knowledge essay subtest, English Language Skills subtest, Reading subtest, and Mathematics subtest, but I am also using my experience as a FTCE Tutor, 10 year classroom teacher who has passed the FTCE GK Exam, FTCE Professional Education Exam, FTCE Exceptional Student Education Exam, FTCE English 6-12 Exam, FTCE Journalism Exam, and the Reading Endorsement to help you pass and start teaching. ..How do educational podcasts work? Each podcast covers one concept from the FTCE Testing Blueprint. This method is called micro-learning where you listen repeatedly to concepts to reinforce your knowledge and understanding. Try it out! Check it out! And leave your questions and comments below. ----------------------------------------------- RESOURCES (Free)

Tara continues the story of how she consoles Bud in the locker room By LiminallySpaced. Listen to the Podcast at Explicit Novels. The visual in my head was legendary, but the vision in front of me was electric. Tara's nipples poked hard through the fabric of her top, and her legs were shifting together, squeezing, rubbing. I knew the signs - she was wildly turned on. She wasn't finished telling me of her secret tryst with Bud. I let her continue. [[MORE]] "This was it, and all I could think to say was 'yes.' I said it over and over. 'Yes, yes, yes.' I was chanting it. Summoning it. And then he started to push. "He was slow, gentle, but he started to push, and I felt the head of his cock slip into me. I gasped, but I continued my chant - 'yes, yes' - and he continued to push. My hymen was long gone, but I was still tight, and his dick was still huge, so when I felt his length start to push into me, I just couldn't help it - I let out a loud, sudden groan. "He stopped out of concern, but didn't have the words - I could tell the feeling was as overwhelming for him as it was for me. I just nodded, said I was ok, and assured him it was ok to continue. The feeling was so intense. His cock was the biggest thing I had ever had in my cunt, but I was so wet; I needed more. I wrapped my legs tight around him, pulled him tight, and we both moaned loudly as I drew the full length of his cock into me. "We were overcome with sensation, and all we could do was stay still and breathe. I had never felt so full in my life. My cunt was like a waterfall around him, and I could feel him twitching. We held each other close, and I started to get used to having him inside me, and then he started to pull out. "I shut my eyes and my mouth just hung open; I didn't have any sound; as he withdrew the length of his dick, and then he thrusted. Stars exploded behind my eyes. I didn't cum, but it was a feeling so new and so exciting; pure pleasure, pure experience. It was only a handful of inches, but it felt like miles as he thrust in and out of me. "Then, after only a few thrusts, I felt Bud pull me tight and his breath started to get ragged, and I knew what was happening, and I urged him on. I wanted him to know it was ok. I said 'yes, do it. Cum inside me.' He groaned loudly, cried out almost, and I hugged him close to me. I felt his dick get even harder - so hard inside me - and then, I could feel his cock twitching and pumping. The wetness between my legs increased and for the first time in my life a man filled my cunt with his cum. "It was like nothing I had ever experienced. It was all so exhilarating, and all either of us could do at that moment was just breathe as we came down from an unbelievable high." Tara's confession left me speechless. I sat dead still, gripping the arms of the lazy boy chair tightly. There was sweat running down my back, my pulse was racing, my cock was rock hard, and I was, angry? Jealous? My stomach felt like it was in my feet. I had no right to be jealous, but I was. After a long, thoughtful pause, Tara continued. "And then we just held each other, and got pretty emotional. Bud was just so relieved that he could be himself with someone finally, that he didn't have to hide. He apologized for how he had treated me, and I knew he meant it. "But me, I didn't know what to feel, Tim. It was an amazing, intimate experience, and I didn't regret a second of it,” her eyes drifted up to mine now. “ but I also couldn't help but wish it had been with, someone else." I gulped hard as her stare cut through me like a warm knife. "But then I started to think maybe I was making too big a deal of it; that maybe sex is just sex, and I should enjoy it. I didn't know what to think. I still don't. But if you and I are going to ever get anywhere close to normal again, I felt you needed to know." There was a long, pronounced silence. The room was hot. I was just as confused as she was. I was jealous. I wanted her. I had left her for someone else. I didn't know what to say. "That explains why you guys have been so chummy for the past week," I finally eeked out. "Have you,” I started, dreading the rest of the question to come, “ done it again since?" "No; but;" My breath stopped still at that "but." "He's coming over tonight." Tara and I weren't dating. She wasn't my girlfriend, and I had no valid reason to feel the way I did, but still, there was a cold pit where my stomach once had been, and my fingers were going numb. Why had she told me this? Was it to rub it in? Was it to, "What if,” I thought back to what she had said to me as we danced at the prom, and the words just fell out of my mouth. “ What if you asked him not to?" Tara's smokey, sexy eyes were locked onto mine, her thick, dark eyeliner accenting them. "Is that what you want?" She said. Energy passed between us. It was energy being sent from her to me. It was something I'd never felt from her. It was almost longing. Almost begging. It was now my turn to explain myself, in the effort to answer Tara's begging question; "The next day, after the prom, Stephanie told me to pick her up from work. When I got there she pushed me down to my knees and made me eat her out in the stock room. I honestly thought that was the end of it." Tara's legs shifted again. "And then after the party at The Spot that night she made me drive her home, and jerked me off in the car. But all this week I've had nothing but you on my mind. I think it's safe to say I have no idea what I want." Tara's gaze left mine, and the silence returned. We sat there, taking it all in, each trying to process the stupid, messy emotions bubbling in our minds, spurred on by the hot, teenage hormones in our veins. Somehow I found the strength to get up out of the chair. "I better get going," I said weakly. Tara didn't follow me out. I hadn't; I couldn't, give her a solid answer to her question. I didn't know what I wanted, yet. I sat in my car, but I didn't drive away. I tried to organize my thoughts, but had no such luck. I felt a pressure behind my eyes, and a lump in my throat, and then hot tears crested out over my eyelids and down my face. I sat there for a while, trying in vain to fight the emotions. Then two headlights turned the corner onto the street, a car came to a stop in front of Tara's house, and the engine was powered down. Out stepped Bud Pepper. He walked to the door, and rang the bell. As he waited for an answer my heart prayed that maybe Tara would never come to the door, but of course she did. She greeted him with a smile, and I hoped my last hope that maybe, just maybe, she would turn him away. She didn't. Bud entered, the door closed, and the porch light turned off. Chapter 9: Christine opens up to Tim in more ways than one. Saturday morning brought conflicting, painful thoughts. I lay in bed, well past the moment of waking up, my mind racing with lewd, heartbreaking images, and desperate "what if?"s. I thought about what I had left last night - If I had just had a better handle on my own feelings, I could have stopped it, but instead my mind was full of images of Tara passionately running her mouth up and down Bud Pepper's big cock before taking him deep inside her body. Images of him on top of her, between her legs, thrusting hard into her, a look of ecstasy on her face. Of her riding him, grinding on him, eyes closed in pleasure, his hands on her perfect tits. Squeezing them. And then that moment. That beautiful, erotic, intimate moment when he pushes his full length deep into her, his balls tighten, he groans an animalistic groan, and gives her all of his hot joy. It was the thought of him cumming in her that irked me the most, and I wasn't even sure why. Then I thought about what could have been if I had said something different. Maybe it would be me she held tight to her body, having that connection. Maybe it would have been my sperm cradled deep inside her as our passions cooled down. Or maybe we would have just talked through the night, and worked our way through the confusing realities of being two, 18 year old friends who were horny for each other but just couldn't say it. Maybe. The rest of the day was a confusing blur. My run brought me no relief, and neither did the hot shower afterward. I couldn't even jerk off to clear my head, as I was too scattered to manage an erection, even with those lewd images in my head. The day slipped by quickly, and then it was time for me to pick up Stephanie from work. I needed answers. I was angry, angry about what had happened last week, what happened at the prom, angry about how it had gotten me all mixed up and ruined my relationship with Tara, so when I texted her I had arrived, and she once again texted "come inside," I responded with a curt "no." After a short while, Stephanie responded with a simple "ok," and came out to the car a few moments later. We drove in silence, but Stephanie spent the whole ride watching me. I could feel her eyes on me, but I never met them. I felt the frustration of the situation coiling up behind my eyes, but she just sat there, cool as a cucumber. I rolled into a park in the same darkened area by our building that I had parked the last time. She didn't move, and I didn't move. She just watched me. She knew I had something on my mind, and was going to stay still until I said my peace. Finally the silence got too much, and I cracked. "Stephanie, what the fuck is going on?" I blurted out. "What do you mean?" she offered back, dipped in hot sarcasm. "What's going on? What do you want from me? After what happened at the prom, and last week, I don't know what you want from me, and it's driving me nuts." I complained, balking on the chance to mention Tara. I definitely didn't go all the way with it. "I thought we covered this last week?" Stephanie responded with the same, dry, flat tone, "What did you tell me you wanted?" I thought back to last week, when she had me by the balls just before she had me by the mouth. “ More." I said weakly. "And has that changed?" she inquired, raising an eyebrow. I racked my brain, and my feelings, and as much as I was torn up and turned over about Tara, and annoyed at being some sort of fuck toy for Stephanie, there was one clear truth that stil pushed it's way to the top: "No, it hasn't." A smile formed on Stephanie's lips, and she slid across the bench seat of my car, tucking herself tight up against me. Her hand flitted across my thigh. "Well then I don't see what the problem is,” she said as her hand snaked up to my belt. "I'm going to give you more," She said as unbuckled my pants and dropped my zipper, "in fact I'm going to give you more than you could possibly handle, and you're going to thank me for it." Her hand ran over my balls, squeezing them gently, eliciting a low moan from deep in my chest. She parted the flaps on my underwear, and with a delicate precision, Stephanie pulled my hard cock through the hole in my briefs, freeing it to the cool night air. "There's just one thing you've got to remember, Timmy," She languidly poured into my ear. Her hand gripped my cock firmly, and slowly started to stroke. "And that's that THis,” she emphasized, giving my cock a hard, signifying squeeze, “ belongs to Me." I felt her lips at my ear, and heard the erotic squeak of her tongue moistening them. Then, she pulled away from my ear, and with a slow, deliberate glide, she began to lower her head toward my straining cock. This wasn't the quick, dispassionate handjob from the previous week, this was something different. She was going to rock my world. I held my breath, waiting desperately for her lips to touch my tip and complete the circuit between us. Lower, and lower, her head dipped. Her lips were so close - the same lips I had felt at the prom, the same lips that had coaxed my cum out into her mouth. Then, with mere inches left, she stopped short, and let out a sudden, panicked "Shit," and recoiled off me completely, like a slingshot. Before I could even react to what was happening, she hastily shoved me back into my pants, gathered her things, and launched out of the car. Following her with my eyes, frantically looking for some reason as to why she stopped so suddenly, I quickly got my answer: Standing near the walkway to our building, not 10 feet from my car, was Alexa, my step-sister, and Stephanie's best friend. I watched them from the car as they hugged and laughed. Stephanie had instantly changed into a different person. Gone was the sultry domme who had just asserted ownership over my hard cock, replaced with the Stephanie I remembered from my youth. The Stephanie who was no more than the teenage girl who lived upstairs. Alexa pointed to the car, and Stephanie just gave a dismissive eye roll. She seemed a little frantic in her mannerisms, trying to move Alexa's attention elsewhere. Something was strange about it. I tucked my deflating cock back into my pants, and decided to go investigate. "Hey Alex!" I called out as I approached the duo standing by the front stairs. "What're you doing home?" "No class on Monday so I figured I'd make a long weekend of it at home." She responded. Her head darted around the grounds of our building, puzzled. "Hey, where's mom?" "Not sure," I replied, "she's probably out with BRIAN." the name dripped off my lips in an exaggerated, dismissive tone. "Brian?" Alexa responded "Yeah; hate to break it to you, but I think Kelly's got a boyfriend!" "Wow, really?" Alexa's eyes widened and her brow ticked upward. "That's, unexpected. What's his deal?" "Not sure," I shrugged, "he seems to be a decent guy; he's a friend of Sandy and Don's." Friend, of course, was putting it extremely lightly. "Oh, no way! Stephanie, do you know anything about him?" Alexa lightly exclaimed. "Nah, I've met him once or twice, but never really talked to him before." She said, brushing a strand of golden hair off her face. My eyes drifted down to her chest. I could see the faint shadows of her nipples through her shirt. She crossed her arms, trying desperately to hide the remnants of the arousal fired up minutes ago in my car. "Yeah, you know Stephanie and I didn't really talk about it at all,” I began, staring her right in the eyes, “ when we went to my prom together last week." Her stare was like ice. "Whoa, What?" Alexa exclaimed with a laugh, "You went to Prom, with Tim?" I could see Stephanie shift nervously. "Yeah, she was my prom date," I said with a smirk, my eyes never leaving Stephanie's, "until she ditched me halfway through the night!" Stephanie was frozen now. She was embarrassed that she went to a high school prom with her best friend's younger step brother, and I was happy to turn the screw, but not even I was cruel enough to tell Alexa EVERYTHiNG that happened that night. "Wow, for real?" Alexa asked again with another chuckle. "It was just a fuckin' goof," Stephanie proclaimed wildly, "and I ditched because Timmy was being a total PERV!" She was deflecting now, and not very convincingly. "Oh yeah? Is that true, Timmy? Were you being a perv?" Alexa laughed in response. "Yeah, I whipped out my dick and started jerking off right in front of her!" I exclaimed with a thick coating of overdramatic sarcasm. Of course I actually was telling the truth, but only Stephanie and I knew it. I smiled as I watched Stephanie sweat. "Ew, gross, Tim," She replied, her face contorting into a disgusted grimace. "Come on, Alexa, let's go." Alexa led the way, and Stephanie shot me an ice cold glare as she followed. It did absolutely nothing to wipe the shit-eating grin off my face. It was a glare that was a front of anger, but betrayed something else beneath it. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but as I walked into my apartment, it clicked. Her manic behavior, her stiff body language, her overreaction to the situation, that look. It was worry. Worry because for the first time in as long as I'd known her, I finally had the upper hand. That night, as I laid in bed, those sweet, honeyed moans dripped down through Stephanie's floorboards and into my room for the first time in weeks. I was rock hard, but I didn't touch my cock, not even when that glorious, erotic, short-short-long of Stephanie's orgasmic release drifted into my ears. Because despite what she had moaned into my ear earlier as she literally had me by the balls, It was me who was in charge now. It was me who had the power. The warm, spring air felt like gentle hands running through my hair as I drove to church the next morning. All through the service, all I could think about was how drastically the pendulum had shifted with Stephanie. She talked a big game, and Christ, I'd be lying if I said her dominance over me wasn't a turn on, but the prospect of my step-sister Alexa finding out left her clearly mortified. That left me with leverage, and the power made me feel good. After the service, I scanned the crowd, and was surprised to see Rachel and her family in attendance. It was the first time I had seen her since my cock painted her hands and chest with my cum on the night of her prom. Her eyes met mine quickly, and then she turned away without even a wave. I watched her hands adjust the strap of her bra, shifting her enormous tits together under the front of her sun dress. Her post-coital exclamation of "Ew, gross" in response to my cum webbing her hands flitted across my mind, but was quickly replaced by a stirring in my loins as I watched the pale flat of her chest begin to blush. She was remembering, just as I was, my fingers in her cunt, my cock in her hands, my cum lashed across her breasts. I knew it. She idly drew her fingers across the neckline of her sundress, across the swell and split of her cleavage. Right where the whip of my hot semen had marked her. There she was, in a house of worship, thinking about the erotic, sinful acts we did together, and it was turning her on. A smirk slowly grew across my lips. Suddenly my phone buzzed. It was a text message from Christine, and it said "I'm outside; can we go?" It was then that I realized I hadn't even seen her at the service. The urgency of her message belied something was wrong, so after the usual pleasantries with the fellow attendees, I made my exit. I was in no mood to stay anyway, because, very strangely, Kelly was nowhere to be seen this morning. Her absence wasn't known to me until I arrived, and it was quite unlike her. In fact, I wasn't even sure I had heard her come home last night. Very peculiar. Heading outside I spotted Christine waiting by my car. Tight jeans lovingly wrapped her firm legs, accenting every curve and turn, while a tight, black turtleneck covered her torso and reached up her neck to just below her chin. The swell of her modest breasts was visible, but only just, as the black of the turtleneck threw all the highlights of her figure into shadow. She turned to greet me, but only barely cracked a smile as I approached. "Hey, what's up, are you ok?" I asked, legitimately concerned. "Yeah, it's fine, it's," she started, "let's just go, huh?" "Sure thing - french fries?" I said, unlocking the car. "Not today. Not hungry," she responded flatly. "Can we just go somewhere and talk?" "Yeah, no problem," I responded. We didn't say much as we drove. Christine's gaze fell out the open window as her long, brunette hair whipped wildly in the breeze. I didn't know too many quiet places, but I knew one, one that would definitely be deserted at this time of day: The Spot. I rolled to a stop under a shady tree by the pond, and focused my attention on my troubled friend. "So what's going on?" I asked, giving her the space to respond as she wished. She let out a long sigh, and ran her hand through her glimmering hair. "So you know I had my prom this past Friday," She began. "Yeah, " "And you know I went with Bobby Dorf," she continued. "Yeah, " "Eric called me on Thursday." "You don't say!" I said, trying not to sound too surprised. Eric was her ex-boyfriend, and the source of all her pent up sexual frustration and confusion. My cock twitched at the possible places this story might go. "Yeah," she continued. "I don't even know why, but I answered it. I don't know what I was thinking." "Well how'd that go?" I pried as she stared off over the horizon of the dashboard. "He asked me if I wanted to go get pizza." Her fingers were picking at the hem of her sweater. "Well that's not so bad, is it?" I said, not seeing the big deal. "It's code," she interjected, "'going for pizza' was our code for when we wanted to, do more than hold hands." "Well now," I said quietly, as my cock began to harden, "that's certainly something, now isn't it? What'd you say?" "I said no," she continued. "I told him I knew he was seeing someone new, and that we made our decisions, I made my decision, and that we had to move on." Her eyes still had that far away stare as she recounted the phone call. "That's good then, isn't it?" I asked, "no need to worry about temptation and all that, right?" "I've seen the girl he's dating. She's busty, and curvy, nothing like me at all. I had him there on the phone, and I just, I just had to know. So, I asked him if they were sleeping together,” she said, picking harder at her hem, “ if they were, fucking." Hearing that word come out of the mouth of the pastor's daughter sent a tingle straight down to my balls. "What'd he say?" I practically whispered. "He said yes." Christine's legs started to rub together almost imperceptibly. "Was that all?" She had my rapt attention, now. "No," she said, quietly, "I asked him more questions. Intimate questions. Lewd questions. I just couldn't help myself." Her thighs rubbed together tighter now. "And?" I pressed "And he answered them. Graphically." She ran her hand over the back of her neck anxiously as she relived the memory. "It was turning me on, Tim, and I wanted to go, I wanted to meet him so bad, but I just couldn't. He would be cheating on his girlfriend, and that wasn't fair, and I, I needed to be strong. I needed to commit, but God, it's been so hard." "But you did it, right? You stayed strong!" I said, trying to reassure her. I didn't do much. "I guess," she shrugged, "but the next night at the prom, I was so, wired." Horny. She wanted to say horny, but she didn't. "I had that phone call in my head all night, and all the dancing, all the touching, my body was just on fire." "Well I'm sure Bobby didn't mind that!" I exclaimed, but honestly I actually wasn't so sure. I knew some things about Bobby that she didn't. "Bobby was a complete gentleman." she continued. "Maybe, too much so." There it is. "He would barely touch me when we danced, and any time I pulled in close he'd back away, or separate from me entirely." there was a certain stress to her voice now, almost desperation. "He was right to do it, I know that, but he wasn't comforting. He didn't calm me, he was just cold." "Well you made it through again, right? No harm, no foul?" I said again in a supportive tone. "But these haven't been isolated incidents, Tim, it's not healthy," she replied, looking at me now. She was fidgeting. She was, wired. "It's been really hard lately. I'm a passionate person, I need that connection, even if it's only for a moment, like when you and I danced at the prom." My mind jumped back to the night of my prom. How Christine pressed her body to mine and admitted she saw what Stephanie and I had done in the limo, admitted that a girl doesn't suck your dick like that if she doesn't want you. "Well, I know it's hard, but, it's what you want isn't it?" I asked in a low voice, my eyes never leaving hers. "Yes," She said, that smokey voice of hers cracking under the weight of a lie, "it's what I want. We looked at each other in silence. She was practically vibrating. She had made major life changes in support of this idea that the natural yearnings of a human woman, desires to be touched, desires of pleasure, were somehow bad, and should be tamped down. She tried to suppress these natural urges and now they were bubbling up to the surface, more powerful than they had ever been, and now here she was on the brink, desperately wanting to break that dam, but too proud to be the one to do it. I looked at her hard, searching for any kind of signal. Her tongue snaked out, and anxiously wet her parted lips. It was all the signal I needed. Up to this point in my sexual history I had never really been in control; I had almost exclusively been at the mercy of the women I had been with, no more clearly illustrated by my daliances with Stephanie. However after last night with Stephanie, after this morning with Rachel even, I felt a newfound confidence. A newfound agency over my sexual self. And so for the first time in my erotic life, I made the first move. I leaned in, and kissed Christine on her anxious lips. It was another first for me, as despite all the activities I had partaken in up to that point, I had never actually kissed a girl on the lips. It was a kiss full of understanding, meant to calm her racing mind. I hadn't thought of anything past that kiss, I just wanted to give Christine the connection she desperately needed. As our lips pressed together, I felt a long exhale of pressure release from Christine. Her body relaxed as she let herself experience the moment. It was a long, solid kiss, but I was kissing her as a friend. I was just trying to help a friend in need. I had no ulterior motives. However, as her hand touched the side of my face, almost as if to steady herself during the release, I felt Chrstine's tongue slip past my lips, and press into my mouth. My cock instantly hardened at the sensation, a sensation that unlocked the gates of passion between us. My heart rate quickened, and my tongue instinctively began sparring with hers, sliding back and forth between our mouths in an erotic exhibition. I leaned into her further, running my hand up her thigh, Christine's thigh, as her leg arced up toward me, drawing me in. Christine's hands reached up and ran roughly through my hair, grasping at it and pulling at it as her breath got ragged and hot as we kissed. I shifted my body onto her, pressing her back against the door of the car. Her legs wrapped around me and pulled me even closer, and then I felt my hard cock press up against her denim-clad cunt. She moaned. Shifting against her harder, my cock slipped under her, replaced by my hip. I pressed myself into her, and I felt her pelvis rock as she began to grind. Our lips and tongues slid all over each others' mouths in between wild breaths. Christine's hand slid down to my back, grabbing me hard as she ground her cunt into my hip harder and faster. Smokey little moans echoed out of her throat as we kissed. She pulled me tighter, increasing the pressure of my thigh and hip on her wriggling core. Then suddenly she pulled away from my lips, and grasped me tightly with her whole body. She twitched and vibrated, and the sexiest short squeals escaped her mouth with each tremor. She was cumming. Christine, the pastor's daughter, was cumming on my leg, and she was cumming hard. Her body was clamped down on me as she rode out the waves of her orgasm. Her fingers dug into my back, holding on to my muscles for dear life. Then there was a deep, sharp inhale of breath, her body tensed tight on mine one final time, and then with a long, slow exhale, she relaxed her grip. We laid there holding each other for a moment, trying to process what had just happened. Suddenly the presence of mind and situational awareness overcame me, and I pulled away from her, lurching back until I hit the driver's side door with a thud. We were both breathing heavily, and the air in the car was thick and moist. This was Christine, my friend, the good girl from church, who was currently struggling with a personal crisis. I absolutely did not want to take advantage of her, but here she was, hair mussed, hard nipples poking through her thick sweatshirt, legs splayed out in a lewd display that revealed a dark wet patch at the crotch of her jeans. The only sound in the air was our heavy breaths starting to slow, but we never took our eyes off each other. Christine then straightened herself up in the seat, and tried in vain to rearrange her scattered hair. "That, got a little out of hand, didn't it?" She said between breaths. "Yeah, a little," I huffed back. Breath still slowing, but heart still pumping, Christine's eyes ticked down to my crotch, where even through my own jeans you could tell by the uncomfortable-looking bulge that I was painfully erect. Her eyes ticked back up to mine, and I tried to diffuse the situation, but I only managed to get out the words "Christine, I; " before she crossed the distance between us in a flash and slammed her mouth into mine once more. But much to my surprise it wasn't just her mouth that was busy, it was her hands too. Fingers fumbled and pulled at my belt and pants, and before I even knew what was happening, her hands freed my hard, straining cock from the confines of my briefs. I moaned hard as she squeezed. Then, almost in one single movement, the sweet taste of her mouth left my lips, and moments later I felt a soft, warm, wetness envelop the head of my dick that sent an electric jolt of pleasure through my body. I looked down toward the source of this sensation, and was greeted by a spectacular sight: Christine, the pastor's daughter, who had broken up with her boyfriend because she thought she needed to stay pure and follow the righteous path, penetrating her mouth repeatedly with the length of my cock. I moaned a long, loud moan. She moaned in reply and her hot, slippery mouth began to speed up. There was a frenzy to her now. This was not a slow, methodical, powerplay blow job like I got from Stephanie, this was Christine, overcome with lust, SUCKING my Cock. Her head bobbed fast and her lips drew tight around me, her hand matching her quickened pace up and down my length. My cock was drenched in her saliva, it dripped through her fingers, it made a rattling slurp every time she let some air in; she knew I needed this, and what's more, I think she wanted it as bad as I did. The speedy, rhythmic slurping continued, and I felt her other hand grasp and knead at my balls. "Oh Jesus," I moaned as I felt the pleasure start to coil within me. My breaths came fast and heavy as she plunged her mouth up and down, up and down, needing my cum, absolutely determined to pull it out of me. But it was her words that would put me over the edge. Now based on our conversations, I knew Chirstine had Some sexual experience, and despite my personal fantasies to the contrary, I always assumed it was the most chaste and innocent forms of sexual gradification. She had previously admitted to having some unsatisfying dalliances with full penetration with Eric, but those weren't very enjoyable for her, so I figured mostly it was a hand job here, some dry humping there, nothing too advanced. Even the frantic expertise of the blowjob I was currently receiving only moved the marker so far forward. Clearly this wasn't the first time she had a cock in her mouth, but that wasn't really so strange for a girl of her age in a long term relationship. It was what she said to me in that moment, right before I exploded, that opened up the floodgates literally and figuratively. Something I never would have expected to hear from the girl who helped hand out communion every Sunday. It was erotic. It was, dirty. It drove me wild. Sensing it was mere moments before my eruption, Christine popped my cock out of her mouth, never stopping the deliberate rhythm of her stroking hands, looked me directly in the eye and with that sexy smokey voice of hers, licked her lips and said "You can cum in my mouth, but next time, I want you to cum on my face." The words echoed in my ears and my cock pulsed and hardened to pure iron as she slipped the head back into her wet mouth without missing a beat. Then with a final long gasp, my hand instinctively went to Christine's head and I started thrusting erratically. She didn't even register it, she just continued sucking, demanding my cum. Time stood still for a long moment, and then through the hot, erotic slurping sounds of her mouth on my cock, I exploded. My balls sprung tight to my body and I started to pulse as I rocketed shot after shot of hot, sticky cum into Christine's mouth. She paused her aggressive administrations and let me hump and fuck at her mouth as she summoned hot pleasure out of me. She moaned almost appreciatively as I filled her mouth. She took it, collected it, wanted it for her own. She didn't miss a drop. She swallowed once. Then again. Then a third time. I spasmed and lurched inside her mouth as my cum slid down her throat like a sacrament. Then, as my pulses began to wane, she began her sucking again, this time slow and steady, determined to wring every last drop out of my emptied balls. Finally she pulled off of me and sat back, eyes closed, savoring the moment still. Then, as though a spell had worn off her, her eyes popped open, looked down at the wet, softening cock attached to my bewildered body, and her cheeks blushed red as apples. A hand popped up to her mouth as she said “ Oh, my." "Holy shit, Christine," I wheezed, still in shock from what had just happened, "that was incredible." It definitely was incredible, but I was extremely conflicted about why it happened. Christine had been struggling to keep her carnal feelings at bay, and I had been an accomplice in her relapse. "It's getting late, Tim," she said as she attempted to put herself back together, "I, think I should be getting home." I caught her sneaking looks at my cock as she tried to calm herself down. "Yeah," I said, "yeah you're probably right." We drove the short drive in silence as the sun started to set, neither of us really knowing what to say. I tried to focus on the road, but my mind kept replaying the image of Christine's mouth bouncing wildly on my cock. I kept feeling her fingers dig into me as she orgasmed. I kept seeing her shoulders scrunch up in preparation ever so slightly as my balls started unloading into her mouth. Occasionally I would sneak a glance over at her, only to catch her gazing languidly out the window, one hand sliding slowly along her thigh. No doubt she was replaying the events in her mind as well, but how did she feel about them? Pulling up to her house, Christine took one last look in the mirror before she had to face her father, the pastor, and then turned her body fully to look at me. I was going over everything in my head trying to reconcile the intense pleasure I had felt with my guilt at what had just happened. "Listen, Christine," I said in a slightly dismayed tone, "that was, amazing, but If you want to forget it ever happened, that's fine, let's just forget it. I know how hard you've been trying to avoid stuff like this, and I understand if it was just a one time thing to let off some steam, but I feel terrible if I've caused you to feel bad about what just happened. I don't, and you shouldn't, but if you do,” I trailed off, my word salad complete. "So If you want to forget it, let's just forget it." There was silence. Christine's gaze was far away again as she tried to gather her thoughts. "I don't know what I want," she finally said, her eyes coming back to earth to meet mine. "But I know I don't want to forget it," she said, holding my gaze for a few, smoldering moments before disengaging and gathering up her things. "I'll see you, next time," she tossed at me as she started to exit the car. My mind was a jumble of sensations, experiences, and possibilities, and I had only begun to process. She offered me a final, stifled grin, popped out of the car, closed the door and bounced adorably up toward her front door. Next time. I didn't even realize it, but my spent cock, a cock that had mere minutes ago been pumping hot semen into that sweet girl's mouth, was rock hard once again. With a deep breath and a long sigh, I put the car into drive and cruised off into the night. Arriving back home, I sat quietly in my car for a few moments, just trying to take in everything that had happened in the last few weeks. It had been a whirlwind of emotion and hormones, a real "zero to sixty" scenario for my sex life, and it was a lot to take in. The short, high pitched squeak of my house's front door cut through the air, breaking me from my day dream. Looking toward the sound I saw Brian, my step mom Kelly's apparent boyfriend, exiting. Trailing after him was my step sister Alexa. I thought to myself that it was good she got to meet him while she was home, but the look on Alexa's face told a different story. They stopped at the bottom of the front stairs, and were talking. I was out of earshot, but the way Alexa crossed her arms belied a clear tension between them. Brian's mannerisms, while not exactly comfortable, projected a diffusive intent, one that Alexa was not exactly receptive to. Realizing the mood with Alexa was not going to change, Brian nodded his head, waved meekly, and headed off toward his car. Alexa sat down on the front stairs, and ran her hands through her hair. "So you got to meet Brian, huh?" I said, approaching her on the steps, "he seems like a nice enough guy." "I don't know if he's the best fit for mom." She said, her head not leaving her hands. "No? Why's that?" I inquired, a note of concern in my tone. "Because," she said, finally picking her head up, "that's the guy I lost my virginity to." Chapter 10: A small detour into the night Alexa lost her virginity. Alexa tells Tim about the guy who's seeing mom. “It was Saturday night, and his cock was hard in my hand. I hadn't had the pleasure of a ton of cocks in my life, but as a college freshman, away from home for the first time, I was looking to change that. In fact, I hadn't had the real pleasure of any cocks at that point, as I was still a virgin. I had given my share of hand and blowjobs, and one time even let a classmate fuck my tits on a bet at a party, but I had yet to go all the way. It wasn't an ethical thing, or a religious thing, or anything, I just hadn't been too thrilled with my options up to this point, and tonight was no different. I wasn't going to fuck this guy, but that didn't mean I didn't want to have fun in other ways! It was the weekend of my nineteenth birthday, and I was horny as fuck. Focused as I had been on my studies, I didn't have much time to devote to carnal pursuits, and this weekend, my roommate Claire and I decided to try and change that. An average height with a little extra padding, I was what you'd probably call "curvy," but despite the prerequisite dissatisfaction and self consciousness that every young woman has with her body, I knew I had what the boys wanted; it was just a matter of flaunting it long enough to catch the right one. It's not like I had never hooked up with ANYONE before, and I learned quickly that college boys were easy marks. So I put on some smokey eye make up, painted my full lips, hoisted my D-cup tits high and wore my tightest jeans as Claire and I hit the town to celebrate. Claire was no slouch either. A short, gorgeous, Puerto Rican girl, Claire fit a big personality into a minuscule body. She didn't have too much in the way of tits, but that just meant she knew she could turn heads by not wearing a bra. And besides, she knew exactly where her strengths were; she may have been tiny up top, but below the waist she was what you might call "thicc," and she knew how to use it. I may not have had much luck in the dick department, but I couldn't say the same for Claire. Most of the time we coordinated well enough to make sure we each had the room to ourselves if the need arose, but there was more than one time when I'd be awoken late at night as Claire came back to our room with a faceless guy. I'd pretend I was asleep, so as to not ruin their fun, but the sounds of their gasps and grunts as Claire would take a deep dicking mere feet from me were more than my horny self could handle. I'd quietly snake my hand down between my thighs to find my cunt drenched and in need of release. My fingers would run quietly and quickly over my wet lips, zeroing in on my throbbing clit, and I'd live vicariously through Claire as she enjoyed the benefits of college social life. I learned through these erotic experiences that despite always using condoms, Claire never let her men finish inside her. and as she sensed them growing closer to climax, she would repeat the mantra "Cum on me; I want you to cum on me." Hearing that command they would start fucking her even harder, until pulling out right at the last second, ripping off their condom, and showering her body with their hot load. It became a trigger for me as well, and as I rubbed my clit listening to her fuck, I'd always hold my own orgasm until I heard that command from her. I couldn't see it, but hearing her men grunt and groan, and picturing them spurting all over my hot roommate made my own orgasms more intense than I had ever experienced. But tonight the room was mine, and after some coy flirting and just enough drinks to make things interesting, I had left the bar with a tall surfer-type named Jared. He had a nice smile and a tight body, and he made sure everyone knew it. The top half of his short sleeve button down was left open and flapping in the wind, exposing his hard pecs to the eyes of every onlooker. We had both lost our pants somewhere between the door and the bed, and began to grind underwear-clad genitals against each other as we made out. Reach up I popped the front clasp on my bra, and the cups fell to the sides. My nipples were hard as rocks beneath my blouse, which hung erotically from their tips. I felt my cunt gush as Jared grabbed both my big breasts, squeezed, and then leaned up to take one of my hard nipples into his mouth through the fabric of my top. I had decided at the bar I was not going to fuck this boy, but I fully intended to use his mouth and his hands for everything they were worth. I say "intended" because in my wanton horniness I forgot the first rule of hooking up with college boys: make sure You cum first. As Jared gripped and kneaded my swollen tits, my hand drifted down over his hard pecs and tight stomach, until I reached the hard protrusion confined by his boxer briefs. I gripped it through the fabric of his underwear, and could feel his heat as he twitched in my hand. I slipped my fingers under the waistband, and felt one hand leave my tits as he helped me shimmy his shorts down enough to let his cock and balls breathe free. His cock wasn't as big as his ego, but it was nice. I watched it bob to and fro as he shifted his body, always straining due north. This boy was hard as a rock, and his cock was practically screaming to be touched, so who was I to refuse? My one free hand reached down and rolled his balls around eliciting a groan from Jared, and a tighter grip on my tits. Then, giving my hand a long, wet lick, I wrapped my fingers around his aching shaft and began to pump at a mid-tempo, deliberate pace. I had plans for this cock. It was my birthday, and I wanted to play. I wanted it in my hands, in my mouth, maybe even between my tits, and I was going to make Jared work for it. I was going to make this boy remember me. At least that was my plan, until after a mere 20 or 30 strokes I felt Jared's body start to jerk, heard a deep "uh" fight its way out of his throat, and I looked down just in time to see one high pop of stringy white cum shoot out of his cockhead, followed three or so more underwhelming dribbles roll down over my hand. I kept pumping slowly out of courtesy, but I would be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed. "Wow, babe, that was amazing," Jared said as his whole body relaxed, including his grip on my tits. "You got something I can clean up with?" He said, making himself comfortable against my pillows. "Yeah hold on, I'll be right back," I said in my sexiest voice, "I'm not finished with you yet!" I padded my way over to the bathroom, shimmying my ass as much as I could to keep him enticed for round two, but when I returned with a hand towel, Jared was already asleep. Of course he was. Wiping his cold cum off my hand with the towel, I then threw it onto his spent, glistening, shriveled up noodle of a cock and went over to Claire's bed to get some sleep myself. I awoke the next morning as Claire returned home from her own overnight escapades. She brought with her three cups of coffee, but Jared was already gone. I regaled her with the details of my encounter, and she was excited and giddy to hear it, but when I got to the punchline, she got visibly angry. Narrative blue balls. "You gotta be fuckin' kiddin' me!" she exclaimed loudly, throwing her hands up in the air, "It was your goddamn birthday, and this motherfucker nuts before you even get your panties off?" "Sure did," I laughed, her animated frustration tickling me. "That is unacceptable, girl, just un-ac-ceptable!" she proclaimed. I could tell she was heated because her night must have gone very differently than mine. She had the glow of a girl who just spent the night getting properly fucked, and only one earring on. "You listen to me, Allie," She was the only person who ever called me Allie; it was a nickname she gave me on the first day of college, and the term of endearment stuck. "Next weekend, you and I are going out again, and you're doing your birthday over. You are gonna get that dick, you are gonna love it, and it's gonna change your life!" "Hell yeah!" I exclaimed, and we both started laughing. Claire started to strip her pants off in preparation for a shower, and I couldn't help but stare. Thanks to one awkward encounter with a friend, I was pretty sure I was solidly straight, but Claire had the kind of body that made me second guess myself. Looking at her fat, plump ass, a thin fabric line from her G-string the only clothing covering it, the morning sun highlighted two dry patches, splotches, splatters, that crested the side of her ass cheek and extended onto the small of her back. Looks like she missed a spot. My cunt grew wet. "Hey, if you see my other earring, could you grab it for me? It musta fallen off on my way in" she said, taking off the remaining earring, a cute, dangly, golden feather, and grabbing her towel. While Claire showered, I couldn't help but finish what I had started last night, although I wasn't thinking about Jared and his sputtering cock as I rubbed my cunt. I thought about Claire, bent over on her hands and knees, getting fucked hard from behind. I thought about her giving her command to finish; "Cum on me, I want you to cum on me"; and then of her lover for the night pulling out of her sopping wet cunt, tearing off his condom, and painting her cheeks and back with hot semen. I felt my cunt start to spasm on my hand, and I covered my mouth as the shockwaves of an epic orgasm pulsed through my body. The week began, and I felt like it would never end as I bopped from class to class across campus. I tried to focus on my classes, but all I could think about was the weekend. Would it really be the night I finally lost my virginity? I didn't really think so, but the thought did fuel a much-needed, mid-week masturbatory exploration after Claire had fallen asleep. Finally the weekend came, and Claire and I began to get ready to go out and get me some dick. I pulled out the sluttiest clothes I owned, but when Claire saw what I had chosen, it was met with a boisterous "No, no, no!" "What, I thought I was trying to get some dick?" I said, giving a little shimmy as an accent. "Anyone can get some janky-ass cock dressed like that, Allie," Claire responded, heading over to my closet, "your goal is to get some GOOD dick, girl, some dick you'll REMEMBER." Claire pulled out a big sweater that was definitely cute, but definitely did nothing to accent my curves. "You're gonna wear something that makes them work for it!" she exclaimed. "Whatever you say, Claire!" I gleefully agreed. This was all a strange experiment anyway, and I trusted Claire, so why not go for it? We compromised a little bit, and she allowed me to wear some form fitting leggings that showed off my ass and fed into some ankle-high leather boots. We looked good, and we hit the town in search of some "good dick." In our travels we met plenty of guys, but most of them ignored me and focused on Claire. Claire, unlike me, was under no dresscode guidelines, and wore an ensemble that screamed "fuck me." At first I thought it was unfair, and that maybe she was playing a trick on me, but as the night wore on I realized she was the first test - any guy who was drooling over her was definitely not the right one for me tonight. Later in the evening, as always, we ended up at our favorite bar, The Perfect Party. It was a place where we were known, a place that felt safe, but also a place where I wasn't expecting to meet anyone spectacular. That was where I had met Jared, and Jared was generally the kind of guy you'd expect to meet there. I sat at the bar, watching Claire dance with three guys at the same time, and honestly my feelings were a little hurt. Even though I was dressed conservatively, I thought I still looked hot, but Claire was the brightest star in the room, and the guys I did meet weren't exactly lighting my fire. I had just begun to lose myself into doom scrolling on my phone when I heard a voice from in front of me. "Can I get you another one?" he said. Looking up from my phone I expected to see Raul, the owner, or maybe Terry, the usual bartender, but this was someone I had never seen before. He was tall, he had sandy hair and a 5 o'clock shadow, and he was gorgeous. He was obviously older too. He looked to be about mid-forties, by the way gray speckled his stubble, and he had very cute smile lines around his mouth and eyes that crinkled up as he flashed me a grin. "You're not Terry," I said, wanting nothing more than to engage with this hunky older man. "No, I'm not," He replied, flashing me another smile, "I'm in from out of town, helping out Raul while Terry's away." He extended out his hand toward me. "I'm Brian." "And this is Allie!" Claire bellowed from behind me as she sidled up to the bar next to me, "shake the man's hand Allie!" I took Brian's hand. His grip was strong, but also gentle. I felt a trickle begin in my loins. "It's Allie's birthday, Brian, so you better treat her nice!" Claire said as she whisked a new drink off the bar top, and turned to return to the dance floor. She looked at me, bounced her eyebrows suggestively, and mouthed "have fun!" and then disappeared back into the crowd, leaving me alone at the bar. Alone with Brian. We chatted as he worked, and I watched him as he engaged with the other patrons, whipping up drinks and banter. I found myself starting to get a bit jealous as I noticed a lot of the girls coming up to the bar clearly flirting with him. They'd bend over and offer him looks down their tops, or brush his hand with theirs as they picked up their drinks. He'd smile, and play along, but he'd always tick his eyes back over to me and make a "help me!" face which would make me giggle. Every girl there wanted his attention, but he kept his attention squarely on me. I drank slowly. I wasn't trying to get drunk. Tonight I wanted to be, present. The night wore on and the crowd started to dwindle, but I never left my seat at the bar. Claire had left long before, taking home a bespectacled bookworm. She said he wasn't really her usual type, but she felt like rocking someone's world that night. She squeezed my thigh, gave me a sultry "have a good night; I know I will," and trotted off with a cheshire cat grin on her face. As closing time rolled around, Brian enticed me to stay for a final drink as he finished closing up. I said sure, and asked for water with a twist. He smiled, and poured himself the same. The only two in the bar, we sat facing each other on stools, talking and laughing. As I finished my water, he touched my hand and asked "Do you want anything else?" My eyes never left his as I ran my tongue across my lips coquettishly. I couldn't contain a smile as I nodded. His own smile returned, and with his hand placed softly on the side of my face, Brian leaned in and kissed me. This wasn't a college boy kiss, frantically checking a box on the way to other activities, it was a strong, sensual kiss, and it lit a bonfire within me. I let out a long sigh. My lips opened up, and I welcomed his tongue into my mouth where it twirled and danced with mine. My arms wrapped around his head, holding him close as we kissed, and I felt his hand on the inside of my thigh. He gripped at first, but then slowly began sliding his hand up toward my body, until I finally felt his fingers press against my cunt. He must have been some sort of a magician, because he pressed himself directly into my clit, and I let out a long, low moan as I gently bit his lower lip. He couldn't see it through my dark leggings but I was absolutely soaked. This was it. I knew it. I was going to fuck this man. I pulled away from his lips, trying to catch my breath and take stock of the situation. I tried to think of the best option of how to continue this, but I felt like we were stuck. Claire was no doubt using the dorm room, and even though I was horny enough to do it, I didn't want my first time to be on the sticky barroom tables of The Perfect Party. Sensing my dismay, he looked me in the eye and said "I'm staying in the apartment upstairs." A smile broke free onto my face. That was exactly what I needed to hear. Bursting through the door of his apartment, our hands were all over each others' bodies. Closing the door behind us, he suddenly pushed me hard against it, and kissed me deep as he ran his hands all over my body. I felt him squeeze my ass hard and pull me close. I felt the thick, ropey muscles of his arms. He ran his hands up my body, under my sweater, and I gasped sharply as he squeezed my full tits hard. Raising my arms, he followed suit, and slid the sweater off my body. A hungry growl escaped his throat as he took in my bursting cleavage rising and falling with a deep pulsing rhythm with every breath. His hands went back to my tits, squeezing and sliding over the exposed skin, and then he licked his lips and dropped his face into the deep crevice between them. His lips and tongue worked fast and furious, kissing, sucking, licking. My cunt throbbed with arousal. Grasping at his body as he ravaged my tits, my hand found his cock through his pants. It was hard. It was Big. I needed it. Now. I pushed Brian away, and spun him around, turning the tables by pushing him back against the door like he had done to me. My tongue found his mouth one last time, and then I dropped to my knees. I frantically pulled apart his pants, ripped them down along with his underwear, and paused only momentarily as his cock sprang into view. It was long and thick, and strained up toward my mouth in a perfect erection. It was the biggest cock I had ever seen, let alone touched. Any trepidation passed swiftly, though, and without any hesitation, I leaned in and began to feed his length into my mouth. He moaned appreciatively, and my head began to bob on his tip. This cock was big, but I was determined to take as much of it into my mouth as possible. I began sliding my tongue and lips up and down his length, lubing it all up before attempting to take more of it. Slipping the head back into my mouth I pushed further this time, and was rewarded with an appreciative groan. I felt my cunt begin to drip as I doubled my efforts, taking him long, deep, and wet. I was salivating over this piece of meat, my excitement getting the better of me, and all thoughts of making sure I came first exited my mind. I didn't even care if the night ended right now with a mouthful of his cum, but somehow I knew that wouldn't be the case. This was no college boy cock I was desperately sucking, this was the cock of a man. My mouth was making him slick and wet, but I didn't bring my hands up to join the action, because my body knew this was not just some random blow job, this was me fucking him with my mouth. I wanted him to feel what it was like to be inside me, how good it could feel sliding between my wet lips. His hands, so politely at his sides as I began my ministrations, slid over to my head, gripping deep into my thick mane of black hair. I looked up at him, making sultry eye contact as I pulled back and sucked on his tip, and my eyes never left his as I pushed forward, trying again to take as much of his thick pole into my mouth as I could. I only made it about half way, but the message was clear: I wanted all of it. I saw a hunger, a need in his eyes, and with a wet pop, he pulled my lips off his throbbing cock, followed by a loud "God damn!" Standing me up, he kissed me deep, and then pushed me off toward his bedroom, accenting the motion with a swat of his hand on my ass. I jumped and giggled, and quickly padded down the hall toward the doorway. His bedroom was clean, with a w

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EPISODE 1559: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Adam Bessie, the author of GOING REMOTE, about his dystopian journey during COVID, as a community college teacher, from the physical to the virtual classroom ADAM BESSIE is a community college English professor in the San Francisco Bay Area and writes comics which have been published in many national outlets, including the New Yorker, the Atlantic, the Boston Globe, and the Los Angeles Times. He won the New York Association of Black Journalists 2018 Award for the graphic essay “Betsy Devos' ‘School Choice' Movement Isn't Social Justice. It's a Return to Segregation” (with Erik Thurman). He lives on the site of a former dynamite factory with his wife and son on the San Pablo Bay. His latest book is GOING REMOTE: A TEACHER'S JOURNEY (2023) Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Free Occupational Science 101 Guidebookhttps://beacon.by/evolved-living/occupational-science-101-guide-podcastOS Empowered OT Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/1569824073462362/Katie Caspero, MS, OTR/L is the founder of OT Graphically where she uses infographics to help researchers share their work, supports occupational therapists with staying up to date on evidence, and empowers clients to be more engaged in their care. Katie describes herself as an entrepreneur, pediatric occupational therapist (OT), research assistant, and knowledge translator. Katie has completed an Advanced Practice Certificate in Implementation of Evidence in Clinical Practice at The University of Pittsburgh. She has been a research assistant for over 10 years and a clinical OT for 8 years. Katie's work focuses on taking complex topics and synthesizing them down into easy-to-understand visuals, especially of research articles through her membership community called The OT Graphically Library This coming fall you can join me along with  Katie  who is partnering with Randi W. Aas, PhD, OT of Sense of Science to offer an interactive online two hours international digital workshop for Occupational Therapists, Occupational Scientists, Students, Teachers, OT academics, and Retired OTPs supports in how to turn their practice and academic wisdom into knowledge translation business to empower awareness of our power field and science base! Here is some info for their upcoming event! I hope to see you there! Learn more and sign up here: https://www.senseofscience.no/become-ot-infopreneur-2023"We need more OT voices out thereCurrently, there are more than 633,000 occupational therapists worldwide. Many of them are going beyond to share their powerful and evidence-based message with the world on how activity and participation are crucial for health and living a meaningful life.However, there is a need for more such voices, that can solve the threat of occupational disruption and deprivation, along with the competence to secure occupational justice for more people worldwide. Are you ready for a career boost?This event will be a motivational and an encouraging boost to think outside the box for your future career. In this workshop we will give you 15 examples of new ways to share your knowledge, and we are sure you will be suprised when learning to know these oportunities that you can apply yourself. You will be inspired to learn how many OTs already are spreading their crucial OT competence in new ways, worldwide. We look forward to share stories about OTs that will inspire your future career."Link to full Podcast DisclaimerEvolved Living Network Instragram @EvolvedLivingNetworkFree Occupational Science 101 Guidebookhttps://swiy.co/OS101GuidePodcastOS Empowered OT Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/1569824073462362/Link to Full Podcast Disclaimer https://docs.google.com/document/d/13DI0RVawzWrsY-Gmj7qOLk5A6tH-V9150xETzAdd6MQ/edit

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Re-Examining LayerNorm, published by Eric Winsor on December 1, 2022 on LessWrong. Please check out the colab notebook for interactive figures and more detailed technical explanations. This post is part of the work done at Conjecture. Special thanks to Sid Black, Dan Braun, Carlos Ramón Guevara, Beren Millidge, Chris Scammell, Lee Sharkey, and Lucas Teixeira for feedback on early drafts. There's a lot of non-linearities floating around in neural networks these days, but one that often gets overlooked is LayerNorm. This is understandable because it's not "supposed" to be doing anything; it was originally introduced to stabilize training. Contemporary attitudes about LayerNorm's computational power range from "it's just normalizing a vector" to "it can do division apparently". And theories of mechanistic interpretability such as features as directions and polytopes are unhelpful, or even harmful, in understanding normalization's impact on a network's representations. After all, normalization doesn't alter the direction of vectors, but it still bends lines and planes (the boundaries of polytopes) out of shape. As it turns out, LayerNorm can be used as a general purpose activation function (you can solve MNIST with a LayerNorm MLP, for example). Concretely, it can do things like this: and this: We will explain what's going on in these animations later, but the point is that to develop a strong, principled theory of mechanistic interpretability, we need to grapple with this non-linearity. In this interactive notebook, we study LayerNorm systematically using math and geometric intuition to characterize the ways in which it can manipulate data. We show that the core non-linearity of LayerNorm can be understood via simple geometric primitives. We explain how these basic primitives may perform semantic operations. For example, folding can be viewed as extracting extremal features (e.g. separating extreme temperatures from normal ones). We leverage these primitives to understand more complex low-dimensional classification tasks with multiple layers of non-linearities. The methods and intuition developed here extend to non-linearities beyond LayerNorm, and we plan to extend them in future work. Below is an interactive summary of the content of the notebook. (If you find the summary interesting, you really should check out the notebook: manipulating the figures helps build geometric intuition.) Summary The formula for LayerNorm is something messy like But it turns out the core non-linear operation is (almost) normalizing a vector: Graphically, this function has the iconic sigmoid shape in one dimension (note that in 1D the norm is simply the absolute value). Interesting things start happening when we precompose this normalization function with affine transformations (such as scaling and shifting). Below, we start with a collection of points, (x,y), distributed uniformly on the sphere. Then we compute uϵ(tx,y) (stretch/shrink by a factor of t in the x direction and then normalize). Since normalization guarantees points end up on the circle, this operation stretches the distribution along the circle. The right hand panel illustrates how this stretching is captured in the shape of a 1D activation function (the x coordinate of the input against the x coordinate of the output). For example, when t is close to 5, we see that any points with x coordinates not near 0 get compressed towards x=−1 or x=1. This matches the picture in the circle where we see the points bunch up at the left and right sides of the circle. If we make the same plots with a shifting operation, uϵ(x+t,y), the operation folds the input data. We can envision possible "semantic" uses for these geometric operations. Stretching can be used to perform an approximate "sign" operation (as in + or - sign). For example, it ...

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Re-Examining LayerNorm, published by Eric Winsor on December 1, 2022 on LessWrong. Please check out the colab notebook for interactive figures and more detailed technical explanations. This post is part of the work done at Conjecture. Special thanks to Sid Black, Dan Braun, Carlos Ramón Guevara, Beren Millidge, Chris Scammell, Lee Sharkey, and Lucas Teixeira for feedback on early drafts. There's a lot of non-linearities floating around in neural networks these days, but one that often gets overlooked is LayerNorm. This is understandable because it's not "supposed" to be doing anything; it was originally introduced to stabilize training. Contemporary attitudes about LayerNorm's computational power range from "it's just normalizing a vector" to "it can do division apparently". And theories of mechanistic interpretability such as features as directions and polytopes are unhelpful, or even harmful, in understanding normalization's impact on a network's representations. After all, normalization doesn't alter the direction of vectors, but it still bends lines and planes (the boundaries of polytopes) out of shape. As it turns out, LayerNorm can be used as a general purpose activation function (you can solve MNIST with a LayerNorm MLP, for example). Concretely, it can do things like this: and this: We will explain what's going on in these animations later, but the point is that to develop a strong, principled theory of mechanistic interpretability, we need to grapple with this non-linearity. In this interactive notebook, we study LayerNorm systematically using math and geometric intuition to characterize the ways in which it can manipulate data. We show that the core non-linearity of LayerNorm can be understood via simple geometric primitives. We explain how these basic primitives may perform semantic operations. For example, folding can be viewed as extracting extremal features (e.g. separating extreme temperatures from normal ones). We leverage these primitives to understand more complex low-dimensional classification tasks with multiple layers of non-linearities. The methods and intuition developed here extend to non-linearities beyond LayerNorm, and we plan to extend them in future work. Below is an interactive summary of the content of the notebook. (If you find the summary interesting, you really should check out the notebook: manipulating the figures helps build geometric intuition.) Summary The formula for LayerNorm is something messy like But it turns out the core non-linear operation is (almost) normalizing a vector: Graphically, this function has the iconic sigmoid shape in one dimension (note that in 1D the norm is simply the absolute value). Interesting things start happening when we precompose this normalization function with affine transformations (such as scaling and shifting). Below, we start with a collection of points, (x,y), distributed uniformly on the sphere. Then we compute uϵ(tx,y) (stretch/shrink by a factor of t in the x direction and then normalize). Since normalization guarantees points end up on the circle, this operation stretches the distribution along the circle. The right hand panel illustrates how this stretching is captured in the shape of a 1D activation function (the x coordinate of the input against the x coordinate of the output). For example, when t is close to 5, we see that any points with x coordinates not near 0 get compressed towards x=−1 or x=1. This matches the picture in the circle where we see the points bunch up at the left and right sides of the circle. If we make the same plots with a shifting operation, uϵ(x+t,y), the operation folds the input data. We can envision possible "semantic" uses for these geometric operations. Stretching can be used to perform an approximate "sign" operation (as in + or - sign). For example, it ...

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You can see Dawson's work in a variety of places, but if you'd like to pick up a copy of his latest book, you can do that here>>Or you can see some of his other work at The Nib >>Or you can pick up his first book, Freddie & Me: a coming of age Bohemian Rhapsody here >>It's great stuff and they all make great gifts for the holidays!

This week Phillip and Michael are talking Arnold Schwarzenegger, Phillip K. Dick, director Paul Verhoeven, and the sci-fi/action classic TOTAL RECALL.Released in 1990, Total Recall is about a man who finds his purpose. The man? Arnie himself. His purpose? Graphically shooting a bunch of bad guys and terraforming Mars. Join us as we give you all the facts in this supercharged episode!And join us next week on the p.o.d.cast where we will be discussing the Italian slasher classic SUSPIRIA! Sign up for our Patreon and enjoy this week's newest episode - where we continue the discussion of Paul Verhoeven, his life and career, and our favorite non-Total Recall Verhoeven classics!Support the show

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On this episode of Grindset, Cynthia and Brack sit down with LaQuesa Earley-Woodall, Owner, Graphically Speaking Custom Printing and Design. We talk about her journey to business and her impressive business model that has led her to success. Make sure to tune into this empowering episode on Kudzukian.com or the KUDZUKIAN App.

Greetings of the Day! This week, the gang discusses graphics, how far they've come, how much farther they can go, and do they really NEED to be that amazing to make a game great? What do YOU think?

On this episode the three bro's self indulgently hand out awards to books they each picked in the first place.

E3 hasn't even started when the hype train began chugging, as Geoff Keighley's Summer Games Fest presented the first ever gameplay trailer of Elden Ring. But some fans are weirded out by the lack of graphical flair displayed in the trailer as Gamerant.com questions whether this is the PS5's Demon's Souls' fault. Explore Valhalla in this episode 131 of your daily dose of Pinoy Gaming News. You're listening to… Lite Control! Lite Control is powered by Easy PC, Rakk Gears and Game Express.

In this story, the king of Ireland comes to visit the king of Britain to ask for his sister's hand in marriage. This would have been fine, except the king's half-brother Efnysien exists. There's no happy ending for this one - by the end of the story, almost all of the named characters are dead. WARNINGS. Animal cruelty: A character maims a large number of horses - I give verbal warning before this happens. Horrifying execution methods: in a story told by Matholowch, a group of people are trapped in an iron house which is heated up around them - only two escape. Domestic-ish violence: a king decides to punish his wife for the past actions of her family by making her work in the kitchens and get hit by a butcher every day. Graphically described gore: A character kills a bunch of hidden enemies by crushing their skulls with his bare hands - I give verbal warning before this happens. Murder of a child: A character throws his young nephew into a fire, shocking and distressing literally everyone - I give verbal warning before this happens.

The best Ole Miss show on the internet. Streaming every weekday at 11 ET/10 CT. Steve talks about how to make a huge park in Arizona a little smaller potentially and we talk about the #RWRecruiting show that will debut tonight...Graphically it looks amazing. We might talk a little football as well. Will always tell it like it is! Facebook: Positively Ole Miss Twitter: @TheStevenWillis @TheRebelWalk YouTube: Positively Ole Miss Twitch: positivelyolemiss

Maybe it's the global pandemic, maybe it's being uncomfortably close to age 30, or maybe it's the handful of catastrophic events they've experienced in the last year. Whatever the reason, Nivedh and Sara have been thinking about mortality a lot lately, as is expected from two has-been emo kids. On today's episode, they discuss the times they've felt most near death, and the times they've felt most alive. Nivedh has repeatedly found himself in an uncomfortably close proximity to natural and unnatural disasters, but also stood proudly on the edge of enlightenment at a Coheed and Cambria concert. Sara drove herself to near-demise last fall, but what a year to do it. Graphically broken nose and scarred face? Just slap a mask on and call it fashion, girlfriend! But not everything is a matter of life or death. While feeling spiteful earlier this week, Sara happened across one of the most unbelievable social media displays she's ever had the petty pleasure of finding. Nivedh, being the enabler he is, persuades her to read it, and it reminds us to live, love, and laugh out loud. As always, we are emotionally available to you. So send us your comments, questions, and crises at emotionallyavailablepodcast@gmail.com. Follow us on Instagram @nivedhsingh1023 and @sara.mellas. Go ahead and DM us while you're at it – we love a slide. Emotionally Available: a Podcast is a Bedlam Sound Production. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emoavail/support

Join Ryan, Dylan, and Chelsea as they deep dive into early episodes of the seminal TV show of their high school years, The OC. Let’s talk about Trey, baby. How justified was Ryan for his initial hostility towards Trey? Did Marissa and Sandy intervene too much? Do we think Trey actually stole the watch? Who on earth would just give away a piece of pop culture history as iconic as the crystal egg? Where on earth did Seth suddenly gain the athletic prowess needed to cradle a highly breakable item from smashing into an asphalt surface?   Tune in for this and more as we go back in time to the height of Razr phones, ironic graphic tees, teeny tiny Louis Vuitton purses, and of course the DVD box sets that started it all. Welcome to the Podcast, bitch.    Reach us at cohenspod@gmail.com Instagram @cohenspod   Find the gang:  Twitter at @Rayke, @dylnrwn, and @triniwoodstock Instagram at @rayked, @dylnrwn, and @triniwoodstock   Leave us a review and mash that subscribe button. You know it’s what Sandy would do.

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If you've recently started your business and you're struggling to get your message out there to the world you have to listen to this episode with Katie Caspero. In this episode, you'll hear the live coaching call I had over in my Facebook group, Occupational Therapy Entrepreneurs with Katie. She is the founder of OT Graphically, where she creates infographics for OTs and other research professionals and we explored how she can bring more clients to her business through marketing. You'll hear how Katie finds her customers, what she's working on to clarify her marketing messages, my ideas for helping Katie establish herself as an expert and what takeaways she had from our conversation! Katie and I discuss: What Katie does within her business How she's pursuing a certificate in implementation science Who her ideal clients are (and who she works with) Where she finds her audience online Her approach to finding her customers online How Katie shares her message with potential customers The two problems her business solves What she's doing to clarifying her messaging Issues that have come up within her marketing Ideas for establishing Katie as an expert in her field Katie's takeaways for leveraging her marketing Resources from this episode: Occupational Therapy Entrepreneurs FB GroupOT Graphically Katie's Twitter Linktree

If you’ve recently started your business and you’re struggling to get your message out there to the world you have to listen to this episode with Katie Caspero. In this episode, you’ll hear the live coaching call I had over in my Facebook group, Occupational Therapy Entrepreneurs with Katie. She is the founder of OT Graphically, where she creates infographics for OTs and other research professionals and we explored how she can bring more clients to her business through marketing. You’ll hear how Katie finds her customers, what she’s working on to clarify her marketing messages, my ideas for helping Katie establish herself as an expert and what takeaways she had from our conversation!   Katie and I discuss: What Katie does within her business How she’s pursuing a certificate in implementation science Who her ideal clients are (and who she works with) Where she finds her audience online Her approach to finding her customers online How Katie shares her message with potential customers The two problems her business solves What she’s doing to clarifying her messaging Issues that have come up within her marketing Ideas for establishing Katie as an expert in her field Katie’s takeaways for leveraging her marketing   Resources from this episode: Occupational Therapy Entrepreneurs FB GroupOT Graphically Katie’s Twitter Linktree

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Today we welcome Graphic Designer Lisa Garrison to our show! Lisa is a graphic artist that uses her craft to help business's and artists with high quality designs! From logos to movie posters, Lisa professionally puts herself into the mindset of her client to not only learn their vision but to also use their excitement to enhance her work! This is an epic conversation that delves into the art of graphic design, how ideas are formulated, what software is used in the process and much more! We also sidetrack into some deep topics from authenticity, BLM movement, social media conflicts as well as how to overcome fear. This is an awesome show! Learn more about Lisa at her website below! Enjoy! *** hallsofdesign.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cccentertainmentgroup/support

On this week's Stack podcast, we've got reviews for: The Scumbag #1 Image Comics Written by Rick Remender Art by Lewis Larosa Fantastic Four #25 Marvel Written by Dan Slott Art by R.B. Silva, Paco Medina and Will Robson Madam Satan #1 Archie Comics Story by Eliot Rahal Art by Julius Ohta Iron Man #2 Marvel Written by Christopher Cantwell Art by Cafu Stillwater #2 Image Comics Written by Chip Zdarsky Art by Ramón K. Perez Batman #101 DC Comics Written by James Tynion IV Art by Guillem March Black Magick #15 Image Comics Written by Greg Rucka Art by Nicola Scott Werewolf By Night #1 Marvel Written by Taboo & B. Earl Art by Scot Eaton Big Girls #3 Image Comics Story and art by Jason Howard Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn #1 DC Comics Story by Katana Collins and Sean Murphy Dune: House Atreides #1 BOOM! Studios Written by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson Illustrated by Dev Pramanik Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King 1 DC Comics Written by Peter J. Tomasi, Tony Patrick Art by Riley Rossmo, Daniel Sampere Something is Killing the Children #11 BOOM! Studios Written by James Tynion IV Illustrated by Werther Dell'edera Excalibur #13 Marvel Written by Tini Howard Art by R.B. Silva X-Men #13 Marvel Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Mahmud Asrar Faithless II #5 BOOM! Studios Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Maria Llovet Nightwing #75 DC Comics Written by Dan Jurgens Art by Travis Moore and Ronan Cliquet SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. This episode is sponsored by Helstrom, now on Hulu. Full Episode Transcript: Alex:                 What's up y'all? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Pete:                I'm Pete. Alex:                 And on The Stack, we talk about a bunch of books that have come out this week. Pete:                Do we? Alex:                 And we're going to kick it off … I think this is a big deal. This isn't normally the sort of thing that we would kick off the show with. Usually it's some Marvel or DC book or whatever, I mean, who even cares? Justin:              Okay, weird voice. Alex:                 Weird way to put it. But we're going to talk about The Scumbag number one from Image Comics written by Rick Remender, art by Lewis LaRosa. The reason I think that should go first is a new Rick Remender book is a big deal. We've been following his writing pretty much since the beginning and every book out is an event, so it's worth putting this right upfront at the top of the show. Reading this book I know this is something that Pete just loves a ton. He's very into, he's very excited about. The concept of the book though, before we get into Pete's feelings about it, I can see his head already nodding, yes, yes, give me more. Justin:              Yes, yes, I love this. Alex:                 Is what if the worst person in the world was responsible for the fate of the world. That's essentially what it is to the point where they essentially say that line at the end of the book. And in fact we do meet the worst person in the world who ends up in the situation. Pete:                That's the thing, they say the worst person in the world, it's just like kind of a slacker druggie guy. It's not like he's a fucking head of the KKK or fucking, you know what I mean? A murderer. He's like- Justin:              Yeah. I guess it's more, to say the worst, I understand what you're saying, but definitely the most down and out. Pete:                Right. But what- Justin:              He has full on diarrhea. Pete:                Sure. Yeah. Who doesn't? The thing is it's like brand new Rick Remender book. You ready to get your fucking heartbroken. This guy writes in such a way that pulls you in, gets you sucked into this amazing world, and then always breaks your fucking heart. I'm scared. I'm scared about this book. Justin:              But that's what I love, what I love about Rick Remender books. And it has been a long time since he launched a new one. We've been reading Low. We've been reading Black Science for a long time. And those books are- Alex:                 Deadly Class. Justin:              Deadly Class of course ongoing. Pete:                Yeah, Deadly Class. Justin:              But these other books are sort of wrapping up. Deadly Class feels like it's going to keep going for a bit longer. And to have a new book is sort of precious. And what I love about it is he takes extreme premises and pushes them. And what he always does is on the art side brings in truly evocative artists. And in this case, it is the same thing. When he says it's the worst person in the world, we see it in like, I would call this hyper realistic color and line. And it's great. It's great. It's really smart of him to not shy away from these truly disgusting things, if the point of the book is this person is at his lowest and he has to become a world changing person. Alex:                 Or maybe it won't, I don't know. Justin:              Yeah. Pete:                Starting a book with a Charles Bukowski quote is just a fantastic way to start something that's this kind of mayhem, or it's just about a drunken dude who does a lot of drugs and shit, that's the perfect thing. But man, just seeing a guy doing drugs and shitting on the streets really makes me miss New York city, you know what I mean? Like back in the eighties and nineties, the real New York, you know what I'm talking about? Justin:              Yeah, you were the mayor of New York in the mid eighties. Pete:                Oh yeah, man. Just love doing drugs in the street, shitting anywhere you wanted, those were the days. Justin:              You were a very controversial mayor [crosstalk 00:03:59]. Alex:                 Yeah. Before Giuliani took it all away. I mean, come on. Where's that guy now? What's he doing? Justin:              Yeah, it is great. It is truly crazy to think of a time when everyone was like Giuliani, what a hero. And now truly, and not to get … it's not at all political, but he is looked upon as a legit Nosferatu style monster. There are so many Twitter memes of him being like, “Look, his hands dead.” Or look, here's [crosstalk 00:04:28]. Alex:                 He's such a sad sack. That's the thing that's such a bummer about it, is he went from I'm the guy that's going to clean up New York, this is very controversial too. He did some sort of figures like, I'm going to reveal information and he taped a video, and he opens up this folder and there's nothing in the folder. And he's just like, “Well, there's evidence that I have here,” and there's nothing in there, it's just sad. That's not the point of this book, let's get back to The Scumbag thing. The thing about- Justin:              Wait, let me just say one more thing on that. I do think this book spins out of the era we're in. I think it's about a person who is not ready to be elevated to a position of power who is in that position of power, which I feel like is it common on our time both Trump in and everything around our current political situation where it's like, oh, these people shouldn't be in charge of stuff like this. This book feels very timely to me. Alex:                 I agree. The thing that I wanted to get back to you though, that Pete was saying about the worst person in the world is it's not racist, murderer or anything like that. It's nails on chalkboard worst, which I think they make pretty clear through the writing, where it's the sort of guy who within seconds of meeting him you're like, “Oh God, fuck this guy. This is the worst. Oh God, no.” Pete:                The guy at the party's looking to steal beers that aren't being looked at. You know what I mean, like oh. Alex:                 That's great. The specificity going on there is so clear to the point where it builds to very graphicallY as we were talking about him shitting himself on the street, which is horrifying and gross. And mind you, not the first time Rick Remender has written a person on drugs diarrhea scene, that was way back in Deadly Class. Classic scene in deadly class. Pete:                Classic, he loves a good shitting story, you know what I mean? Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              Let me throw this out as well to go back into early Remender, this book sort of reminds me a little bit of Fear Agent, and then it is a person who is super down and out having to maybe elevate themselves. Alex:                 What I'm really interested in is reading the second issue of this book, because if Rick Remender has showed us anything, it's he always has a very clear concept in the first issue that he blows it and save the out of proportion by the second issue. And I don't know how they're going to do that yet, but I'm excited to find out. Justin:              A 100% true. Alex:                 Yeah. But great to view. Justin:              Great to view. Pete:                It's fun to see a new book that he's working on. I'm very excited to see where this goes. Yeah, crazy first issue, fantastic art, definitely check it out. Alex:                 Moving on to Fantastic Four number 25 from Marvel written by Dan Slott with art by R.B. Silver, Paco Medina and Will Robson. This I believe is the beginning of the status quo change that Dan teased back when he was on the live show with us chatting about this book. This is kind of a big deal. There's a lot of stuff that goes down in this book as we celebrate this mini anniversary of the Fantastic Four. What'd you think about the issue? Pete:                46 pages. This to me is a great Fantastic Four story. You get this kind of shit goes down, only the Fantastic Four can save the day. Then what's nice about it is you've got Reed and Sue talking a little bit about the holes in their marriage about how they lied to each other a little bit. I'm hoping that moving forward, their relationship can get a little bit better because I'm sick of the classic, Sue Storm does so much more for the family than Reed does, and he's just constantly busy and can't be bothered. I think this was a really cool story, great use to the whole family. I'm very excited, even cool Watcher stuff, which you don't normally kind of get. Alex:                 Oh, no, people are always like, “That Watcher is very cool.” Pete:                No, but like also, just this whole thing of like, we're the Watcher and we've watched all these amazing events happen in Marvel whether it's through comics or TV or movies, but just these splash pages like, oh yeah, I remember that. Oh, that was cool. Hey, cosmic Ghost Rider got a shout out. Justin:              Well, see, I would take some issue with your statement Pete, because I think what Dan Slott is so great at and why he's such a great match for the Fantastic Four, is his whole thing is everything old is new again, or everything new is old again, either way [crosstalk 00:09:10]. Pete:                Which one us it? Justin:              It's sort of both, because what he does here is he's like, “Yes, Reed and Sue aren't getting along because Reed has a secret from Sue.” But what's great about this issue is Sue also has a secret from Reed, and she has her own life and she's doing her own thing. And so they get to meet on equal ground. Pete:                Great. Justin:              The thing is it's [inaudible 00:09:30] time. I'm going to be a wreck and shit, but then he's like, “Oh, I have actually a family at home I have to get back to at the same time.” Doctor Doom is still a villain, but he's actually the Doctor Doom, is the Doctor Doom read Richard's relationship from the very beginning of the comic where they're contemporaries. And even though they are wildly super-powered and they're meeting here as like, “Oh, you were keeping a little secret from me.” He's like, “Oh, well, yeah I was, figure it out.” And they're like, “Well, let's figure it out together.” It's just Dan Slott is just a tactician when it comes to picking a part with a fine tweezers, these Marvel legends and finding a new way to reconfigure the stories by just slightly tweaking little bits and pieces. Pete:                I did want to, while we're talking about Doom, Doom is one of my favorite villains and Dan Slott did a great job of the way Doom just acknowledges the fact that Sue Storm was in the room before she revealed herself was such a bad-ass Doom moment. Dan Slott is just killing it on this book. Alex:                 Yeah. This is a really fun issue, like you're talking about, bunch of fun teases for the future, a new setup of new status quo for the team, as well as certain members of the team, as well as the Watcher and other things, just a great package. I had a blast reading this issue. Moving on to Chilling- Justin:              Justin loves good packages. Alex:                 Moving onto Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Presents Madam Satan number one from Archie Comics story by Eliot Rahal, art by Julius Ohta. We talked about this on the live show a little bit, but this exists in a weird mix of continuity between the comic books and the TV show, not necessarily contradicting either, but not existing like this is between season one and season two of Sabrina, or part one and part two or part three and part four or anything like that. It just kind of is an about Madam Satan. The real standout of this issue to me is Julius Ohta's art, which does a great job of channeling Robert Hack from the original series, but finding a different way around it. What'd you think Pete? Pete:                Yeah. I mean, because when you think about it, the only person who would want to be a principal at a high school is somebody who is in hell, you know what I mean? Someone who wants to bring hell to the people. So to me, this made a lot of sense like, “Oh yeah, the queen of hell would love to be a principal at a high school. That's the perfect job for them.” And this is a real fun kind of set up. Madam Satan is glorious in the Sabrina TV show. And it's nice to see this character kind of thrive in this comic as well. Justin:              This does a good job of being sort of the TV show, but hearkening back to the comics, it originally inspired what went on to become the Sabrina TV show, like the afterlife with Archie and the Sabrina comic that Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa then developed into the show. It's great. And to your point, Alex, the art is just amazing throughout. Alex:                 Good stuff. Very impressive. Next step, Iron Man number two from Marvel written by Christopher Cantwell, art by Cafu. When we talked about the first issue of this book, I think we were pleasantly surprised by the change in direction here as Iron Man is going back to basics. Here we get a little bit more on that, veering on the side of he cut us a death wish a little bit, or at least injure himself, which as he's trying to move back to be a hero. But I got to say, I'm loving this take. I just think it's so refreshing to see a Tony Stark who is just being a hero and going on fights and fighting people and being a human being for a change. It's great. Justin:              I agree. This felt like a comic that I would have read back when I was in high school. It is just iron man dealing with shit. Of course he's fighting Absorbing Man. The ultimate early run of a series villain is Absorbing Man. And I love the guest stars throughout and Ironman just sacrificing himself, like Cardiac shows up, another, it's a Spider-Man villain technically who is just sort of Iron Manny in a lot of ways. And this felt like just some good classic fun. Pete:                Yeah. It was fun to see Hellcat. Yeah, it's all right, it's okay. Justin:              Pete, you do not like in Iron Man? Pete:                No. I mean, this comic has gone through so much stuff and it's just crazy. Like, okay, great, it's back to Tony Stark, but I don't know, cool. Alex:                 Well, what do you want it to be then? Pete:                I want, it was just weird because it's like, oh, Tony Stark's not Iron Man anymore. Okay, cool. And there was this really cool character who's trying to take on the mantle, but then was like, “No, we're going to go back to Tony Stark.” And then it's like, “Okay, but why?” And then it's just like, “Oh, it's back to basic Tony Stark.” Alex:                 So you're upset that it's not Riri is what you're saying. Pete:                I liked Riri. I liked the possibility of new stories. I just think that Iron Man has done a lot of amazing things, so let's see something amazing. You know what I mean? Let's see why we're seeing Iron Man again instead of something new. Alex:                 All right. Fair enough. Next up, Stillwater number two from Image Comics written by Chip Zdarsky, art by Ramon K. Perez. We talked about the first issue of this as well, liked it quite a bit. A guy goes on a road trip, ends up in a town where nobody ever dies. His friend gets killed outside the town, and it turns out at the end of the first issue that he may actually be a natural born resident of the village. We find out many more F'd up things about the town in this issue. What did you think about this? And also given that it drew some comparisons to Revival- Pete:                Controversial. Alex:                 Controversial comparisons to Revival the Tim Seeley series that had kind of a similar premise, at least at the start. Do you feel like it's veering off enough at this point? Justin:              It's totally quite different, I would say. I don't want to get into like, is it wrong to have a book this close premise wise? Because I enjoyed reading this, the first and second issue. It feels like at the end of this issue, we're setting up sort of what the deal is going to be. This guy is the third person who's been invited into the town. Clearly we're going to meet these other two people and what that means, his relationship to his mother and how the town works. All of that is fun. I'm excited to get into that. Revival felt like very different tonally. It was about people who with established relationships and how they were sort of dealing with this new status quo. I think to me it's different enough to exist separately. Alex:                 Also they feel like different types of horror, right? As Tim Seeley is very good at, it's a little more slasher horror, it's a little more graphic horror, a little more fun horror. This is more aligned with The Wicker Man I think that sort of, or mid summer, that sort of thing. Justin:              Oh, that's a good comparison, yes. Alex:                 So yeah, I agree. I do think they're different. There's certainly a danger there that they're going to weave together too much. But right now I think they can both exist and that's okay. Pete:                I would just like to say, as someone who's lived in a big city for a really long time, this is why I don't like the small towns, they scare the shit out of me. I love this thing of playing with the creepiness of a small town and all these people know each other and you're the outsider kind of coming in. I think that's a great idea to start a story. And I think sometimes when writers are … we're all pulling from the same pool. Sometimes ideas might overlap. You'd like to give somebody the benefit of the doubt. Hopefully it's not a rip off. But I do not know. Pete:                But as far as this is concerned, the little kid in the beginning was so fucking creepy with that wolf, I was scared shitless, and I'm interested to see where this goes. And it's really fun this idea of if people can die, then yeah, people would just kind of like loosey goosey shoot each other because there's going to be no damage. Justin:              Loosey goosey. Pete:                But it is kind of crazy right now to see a cop fucking just shooting first, and then talking later, it's kind of a hits and not fun chord right now. Justin:              Yeah. It's not crazy to see that, it happens a lot in this world. Pete, real quick, when you said you're scared shitless, could you give us just a sort of scale, a power ranking on the different types of scared you are, just so I know what you mean when you say that. Pete:                Well, they're scared like, oh, my stomach hurts a little bit, you know what I mean? And then there's like- Justin:              Your stomach hurts a little. Pete:                Yeah. And then there's like- Justin:              Like I ate too much candy. Pete:                Yeah. You got like- Justin:              So like you're scared candy. Let's call it that. Pete:                Okay. Yeah. And then scared shitless is like you're in real trouble. Alex:                 Oh, so there's two parts to the scale? Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Interesting. Alex:                 [crosstalk 00:18:58] and then I have no shit in me whatsoever. Pete:                Yeah, let's skip the [crosstalk 00:19:03]. Justin:              Let me just also ask, quick follow-Up on that. When you say you're scared shitless, that means you've shit everything out. You're fully [crosstalk 00:19:09]. Pete:                Yeah, empty on the streets side. Justin:              You're on the streets comeback style diarrhea. Pete:                Right. Justin:              Or is it, are you full of shit and you just can't get it out? Pete:                No, no. Yeah, you're the scumbag of the street who's empty [crosstalk 00:19:23]. Alex:                 But you're 100% clean at this point. You're just- Pete:                Yeah. I'm an empty vessel. Alex:                 You're an empty vessel. Justin:              So you read this comic and you fully just rooster tailed yourself. Pete:                Yeah, exactly. Justin:              While you're reading it. I got you. Okay, great. Alex:                 [crosstalk 00:19:39]. I've been going back to doing the transcripts of the episodes and I- Justin:              Don't do that- Alex:                 [crosstalk 00:19:44], so I'll try to pull our quotes from each of the episodes and put it out there. The hope of getting maybe some pull quotes or something like that on a book. I think we could say Stillwater, it'll clear the shit out of you. Justin:              Yeah, you'll go full rooster tail. Pete:                Pull your own quotes Zalbs. Justin:              You go full rooster tail for this book. Alex:                 Batman 101 from DC Comics written by James Tynion IV, art by Guillem March. This is following right up on the Joker war as Batman grapples with the knowledge that Joker might've been right. And he has to in fact change, he's got to up his game. Justin:              Game. Pete:                Game. Alex:                 As he talks to Catwoman about it. Pete, I'm sure you have some feelings about this because spoiler, Catwoman and Batman decide to be on a break for a year. What'd you think about that? Pete:                Yeah. I mean, I liked the kiss. I thought the kiss gave us hope. But the old taking a break is just, it's a heartbreaking, don't a break guys, say yes to love. Justin:              Don't take a break. Pete:                Don't take a break from love. Justin:              Friends, in the TV show Friends, famous romantic comedy. Alex:                 We were on a break. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Alex, let me ask you, are you hyping up that phrase or are you doing a Ross impression? Alex:                 I think I'm doing- Pete:                Ross, it was Ross. Alex:                 No. Yeah, I mean I'm doing Ross, but I think it's one of the characters from Seinfeld being like Jerry. Justin:              You mean Jerry Seinfeld. Alex:                 Yeah. No, I think Jerry [crosstalk 00:21:19]. Jerry Seinfeld says like, “Jerry.” He's like a poker bot. Jerry. Justin:              It's hard for me to tell what you're talking about. I love Guillem March's art. Alex:                 Yes. Justin:              And especially in issues focusing on not just Batman, but the bat family, always great to see. I will say, and this is being picky, but Grifter still doesn't sit with me. Alex:                 What's deal is that? Pete:                You don't like a billowy mask? Justin:              I'm fine with the billowy mask. I mean I wear a cloth mask for when I go out and it does hang a little low in a Grifter. Alex:                 Can I, not to interrupt your flow here, but when you're wearing that mask out, do you take it and then pull it up to your forehead? Justin:              Yes, a 100%. Alex:                 Okay. Justin:              And it really, it blows with little wrinkles in it just like Grifters does. No, it's just something like I still, the Wildstorm universe of it all. I'm just like, “This guy doesn't quite fit with these characters to me.” Alex:                 I do, I agree with you on Grifter, never quite got him, don't like the mask. But I do like what James Tynion is setting up here with Batman vs Grifter, and this greater mystery of who Grifter works for. That seems like that's something that potentially is going to tie in going further forward, and that's a fun place for it to go. Batman versus the Wildstorm universe, great, all in on that. Justin:              Also wildcats. Pete:                Old school, that Clownhunter got a shout out in this book. Alex:                 You love that guy. [crosstalk 00:23:02]. Justin:              Alex, we talked about this on the live show, but as someone who's married to a clown, are you worried? Alex:                 Definitely. We added an extra lock to the door, because my wife has been doing that thing where she pulls the bed sheets up to her neck and says, “Oh, I'm scare, scare, scare, scared.” Justin:              Yes. Because as you know, your wife is modeled on Charlie's grandparents and [inaudible 00:23:27]. Alex:                 Yes, exactly. We sleep with another couple in our bed. All right. Black Magick number 15 from Image Comics written by Greg Rucka and art by Nicholas Scott. Oh, it's a great issue every single time. Here we're getting the fallout of the last couple of the issues as our main character deals with her new burgeoning relationship with a fellow cop. While in the background, I think for the first time we see hell or something like that. Justin:              Yeah. She's getting crazy in the background. Alex:                 Yes. Justin:              This comic was very sort of austere for so long about the witchyness of this of it. And now we're fully in witch world, which I love. Pete:                A lot of pointy kind of pyramid looking things in that aisle. Alex:                 Great. Thank you, Pete. We'll use that one for the pull quote for this issue. Nicholas Scott art as usual is the hero here. It's just absolutely gorgeous. But I love the sort of almost taking a break issue in a way, there's been so much harrowing, terrifying stuff. Every issue to take some time here and really deal with the relationships, the characters, if I was really nice. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. And the art, it feels like it gets better. There's just something about, it's so detailed, but it keeps getting, I guess maybe cleaner is the right word. It's great. How do you feel about the French computer? You don't see French computers very often- Alex:                 No, not usually. Justin:              … except in France. Alex:                 No. Even in France, they still use English. Everybody's like, “I can not read this.” Pete:                I mean, I'm a little disappointed that she's not listening to her cat more. If you have a magical cat, I feel like you should pay attention and listen to it, especially when it knows more things than you. And that's always frustrating when a character isn't listening to people they should be listening to. Justin:              As a new cat owner, Pete, is your cat magical? And if so, what is that cat saying to you? Pete:                Well, I'll tell you what, she does have one of those mystical eye things like the Prince album over her left eye, which kind of freaks me out. And I do think that cats can see into different realms and stuff. So yeah, the cat freaks me the fuck out. Justin:              Nice. That sounds like a nightmare to deal with every day. Every day you wake up and you're like, you look at your cat and you're rooster tailing, because you're scared shitless. Pete:                That's right. That's how I start my day. Justin:              Wow. Alex:                 God. From day to night, let's talk about Werewolf by Night, number one for Marvel Comics written by Taboo and B. Earl, art by Scot Eaton. Pete:                Oh, king of the transition. Alex:                 Here is another character that I'd never quite gotten just based on the name. And they try very hard to explain it to this book, by the idea of like, I'm a werewolf, but by night. It's like, “Well, most werewolves are by night, I think.” Justin:              But I take it the other way, I think the name is sort of saying, “Not just a werewolf where it's once a month, that's a werewolf by all nights.” Because if the character was named like werewolf normal, werewolf monthly, that's less fun. Alex:                 It does come out monthly, so there is that. But on the other hand, he turns back into a human in this very first issue where he's like, “I'm a werewolf by night.” Well, I'm a human, it's still nighttime.” Justin:              I say a lot I'm a human by night. And they're like, “What do you mean?” Alex:                 I thought this book was okay. It was honestly frustrating to be that the part that was fun and exciting was the last page of the book, that to me without getting spoilers unless we want to, that to me felt like, okay, this is the part you needed to put at the front of the book instead of all the setup that I didn't necessarily care about personally. Justin:              Well, let me say, I like this I guess more than you it seems, because it feels like it's a Marvel Comics book, but it feels like this could be an Image Comics book. It establishes a world around this character that isn't relying on other superhero, other Marvel universe things. And I like the characters a lot. And we talked about this on the show with Colin Bond and whatnot, the horror infiltration into superhero comics I've been really enjoying. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, I thought the reveal was fun, but I thought the more fun was with the granny pressuring those two to start a family, I thought that was really fun. Justin:              Your favorite part of this comic was the grandmother pressing them to have children? Pete:                Yeah. Come on, mommy's a werewolf, fuck it. But I think that also this was like- Alex:                 How's your relationship going, Pete? Pete:                Good man. It's going good. Thanks for asking. Alex:                 Welcome. Pete:                But I think that this book is kind of over the top, whatever. I just thought the kind of the real down to earth moments were kind of nice. And also you never know, man, the guy who cleans the toilets could be a werewolf, the person who collects the recycling, it could be a mummy. You got to be nice to people, because you don't know what their superpower is. Justin:              I think that every day. I'm like this- Alex:                 It would make sense if they switch jobs, honestly. Because I feel like the mummy could just take some of that wrapping and refill the toilet paper rolls. Pete:                Oh, wow. Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              Honestly, every time I … whenever I go out in New York city, I'm always like, “Are you a mummy?” Alex:                 Let's move on and talk about Big Girls number three from Image Comic story, and art by Jason Howard. I think we've got back and forth a little bit about these issues. Generally, Jason Howard's art is great. This takes place in a world where large women and large men are fighting. The men are monsters, are they? And the women are not monsters, or are they? And they're fighting and the ruins left to the world. Find out a lot more about it, this issue that really mixes things up. I thought an interesting way, definitely confuses the metaphor perhaps a little bit, but certainly makes the story that we're following more fascinating. What did you guys take away from it? Pete:                Oh, go ahead. Justin:              You go. Pete:                I completely agree. I'm very happy with this kind of new development in this issue where the men aren't just total D bags. I kind of like the reveal in this issue, gives things a little bit more complication. I'm very excited to see how this moves forward and what the kind of reveals are going to be. Yeah, the art's the real hero of this book, this is becoming a very interesting book and I'm getting into it more and more with each issue. Justin:              Yeah. This book feels like an episode of The Outer Limits. Did you guys ever watch that when you were younger? Where it was like, it took a premise, a sci-fi premise and it just played it up and then there's a twist and then you landed the ending. And so I definitely liked this progression. I think the art is really nice. It reminds me of Ryan Ollie in a lot of ways. Alex:                 Jason Howard did … what was the wolf thing that Robert Kirkman did? Right, I think. Justin:              Oh, yes. Alex:                 Science Wolf. Science Dog. Justin:              Science Wolf. Science Dog. Alex:                 I think Jason Howard did Science Dog. I've got to look that up while you're talking. Pete:                You should look that up. Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              Okay, great. So all we have to do while Alex is looking this up is talk. Pete:                Yeah. Let's just do a little soft shoe and kill some time. Justin:              It's not killing time, it's bringing more of our personal lives into the fall. Alex:                 How's your family, Justin? Justin:              Family, good, very good. They're right upstairs. Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              Yes. Several members of my family were doing laundry over the course of our tapings this evening. And every time washer and dryer finish, they each make a little celebration song. Alex:                 No, I'm sorry. They did Super Dinosaur together, there it is. Pete:                Okay. I thought maybe it was the shark one. Alex:                 How did everything go while I was looking that up? Justin:              Great. We had a totally normal friend conversation. Pete:                Yeah, turns out Justin's washer and dryer, because he's such a fucking big time rich guy, they play celebration songs. He probably had to pay extra for that. Justin:              No, it's definitely not. Pete:                Every time his washer and dryer finishes it's like [inaudible 00:32:15] bright, clean clothes, come out now. Justin:              That's great, that would be great. Alex:                 Man, you should sell that to Whirlpool. Pete:                Yes. Alex:                 Let's move on and talk about Batman: White Knight Presents Harley Quinn, number one from DC Comic story by Katana Collins and Sean Murphy. This is of course spinning off of the White Knight Universe of stories that Sean Murphy has been building up. It's a very different Harley Quinn who is out of the game. Batman is in jail. The Joker is dead. She's on her own. But she gets sucked back into it by a Joker want to be, or is it the Joker himself? What'd you guys think about this book? Pete:                Well, I mean, first off the art's amazeballs. This kind of a newer take, a fresh take on the old [inaudible 00:33:06]. You get a flashback to her and Jack meeting and I think it's interesting. I'm not upset at the changes. I think it's a fun last page. I kind of want to work alone and by alone, I mean, me and my two hyenas. I'm on board, I'm interested to see where this goes. I think we need more Harley Quinn. I don't think there's enough of Harley Quinn, we got to get more. Alex:                 I will say, before you get into anything, Justin, I think we already have our pull quote for this, it's I'm not upset at the changes. Justin:              Pete, when you say you need more Harley Quinn, what are you, in life, or in this [crosstalk 00:33:52] features a lot of Harley Quinn. Pete:                Harley Quinn is a very popular character. I don't think DC has caught on yet. They haven't put enough Harley Quinn in books yet. I barely see her, so it'd be nice if they started using her more. Justin:              Well, let me say the White Knights sub universe is interesting to me, because it's a little … I like this book and I like the Harley Quinn in this book. But I'm like, “Oh, we're so far away from the normal, the reality of the DC universe right now.” I'm like, that to me is … it takes me out of it because the book is so far removed from sort of the normal storytelling, the normal continuity I guess. But I have enjoyed these White Knight books, the art is truly amazing. Pete:                That's a real hero there. Justin:              Yeah. I'm curious how much longevity this pocket universe has in the DC universe. Alex:                 Yeah, I agree. Let's move on. Dune: House Atreides, number one written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, illustrated by Dev Pramanik. Oh, this is from Boom Studios, I believe, right? This is- Pete:                Yeah, it's Boom. Alex:                 Thank you. I forgot to write that down. Interestingly, I mean, as we were talking about with the Wonder Woman, 1984 book, a couple of weeks back. This is again a book that was clearly there to tee up the movie that was supposed to come out this year, instead is coming out a full year later. But at the same time, it is riffing off of the book, it's teeing up the movie, it's telling you a little bit more about Dune and the world. What did you think about this? Does this stand on its own, given that the movie is now not coming out for basically a full calendar year? Justin:              Well, I'm curious if some of the scenes here are from the movie. Is this bull fighting scene or space ball or whatever it's called. Is that a scene that we're going to see in this movie, because this made me want to see the movie? Pete:                Really? Justin:              Yes. It made me want to see sort of the more streamlined visually dynamic version of this comic. What this reminded me of though, as I was reading it, is like X of Swords, or 10 of Swords. It reminded me of a version of that where I'm like, “Wait, who are any of these characters?” Alex:                 It definitely, it's a very, it kept jumping around. I mean, granted the books are very expensive. There's a lot of stuff going on. There's a lot of mythology. I thought this looked very nice for what it is to have [inaudible 00:36:29] art is very pretty. And like you were mentioning the gladiator scenes or the bullfighting scenes were very nicely laid out. But I couldn't help but wish while I was reading this, that this was almost more in the European style, that this felt like the sort of thing, if you're going to going to do dune, get like a Mobius to do it, or Mobius light or something like that to give it that says, because it should be weird and off-putting not consistent with current comic books at all. Justin:              Right. Yeah. Especially when the movie is … I mean, we don't know this I guess. But is probably going to be visually stunning and purposefully so. The comic should reflect that a little bit. Alex:                 I agree. Let's move on to another one, Dark Nights: Death Metal, Robin King, number one from DC Comics written by Peter J. Tomasi and Tony Patrick, art by Riley Rossmo and Daniel Sampere. You cannot go wrong with Peter J. Tomasi and Riley Rossmo at all. I mean- Justin:              Great team. Alex:                 … I'm not the hugest fan of the idea of Robin King, who is basically a Bruce Wayne, who's an evil teen who's Robin, but man, this book is killer, just so good. What'd you guys think? Pete:                I mean, just this kind of like universe is just kind of cranking things up to 11 here. It seems like everybody's kind of having fun with the overtopness of it. And again, we get kind of a funeral thing here, but an interesting take where he hears Robin at the funeral that kind of draws him. I think it's … Robin King messing with Animal Man was really intense. Then the blue beetle getting eaten by beetles. I mean, this is just kind of crazy fun over the top shit. I think this kind of event is like a fun, like, “Hey, let's just crank this up and see what happens.” And every book has been kind of art-wise really funnily kind of driven towards these monsters and over the top villain, so why not? Justin:              Why not? I mean, to your point, Alex, this team is so good, and especially in a book where it's just all about hitting different aspects of the DC Universe, like Animal Man, Red Tornado, Blue Beetle, great to see all these characters, just like riding firestorm down and defeating him. Alex:                 Oh yeah, that was messed up. Justin:              It's all great. And I don't know, Robin King isn't someone who I'm like, “God, I can't wait to keep seeing more of this guy.” But I think he is one of the more memorable characters from this event. See of Bruce Wayne's, the Robin King definitely sticks out as one that is more threatening and more interesting. Alex:                 Yeah. I agree. Now from Children Who Are Killing Something to Something is Killing The Children number 11. Pete:                Oh, come on. [crosstalk 00:39:47]. He's been working on this for a week. Alex:                 Written by James Tynion IV, illustrated by Werther Dell'Edera. We're really- Justin:              And just for you guys listening, the way we work is I actually hold up a cue card and Alex reads that down because we workshopped it. Alex:                 I hold it up a cue and Alex … Oh, I'm sorry, that's your line. Justin:              No, that's mine. We work in a classic SML model where it's all handwritten cue cards. Alex:                 Yeah. Fun fact, Justin really great at writing cue cards. Justin:              A 100% right. That's why I'm a line producer. Pete:                Yeah. One of the things that line producers do. Alex:                 In this issue we're continuing, like we talked about almost every issue, there's little bits of information that are eked out every issue, but it still feels so present and so terrifying as our main characters are trying to get away from these monsters who are attacking the town, who are killing the children. But at the same time, the organization she works for is mustering forces of their own, and it seems like we're heading towards a climactic showdown in the next issue, which is all very exciting. Every issue of this is great. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              And the amount of information we get is very controlled. Every issue of this feels like a scene or two scenes from a movie, as opposed to so many comics where it's so much happening. This feels very just like controlled pacing wise in a way that is very different from other comics. And visually it lets us really just chew these horror images up as we get to see them. Pete:                Yeah. This was intense. I was very happy with the kind of information we finally get about our kind of main character and her kind of relationship a little bit to this organization. Love the kind of dragon guy overseeing things. But it's also crazy in this comic how people are wearing masks, like how we're wearing masks. And so that's kind of freaking me the fuck out a little bit. But man, nothing creepier than a one eyed fucking Teddy bear, man. This book continues to be amazeballs. The art, the story- Justin:              Nothing creepier. Pete:                Nothing creepier. Alex:                 I'll tell you what, maybe they've already done this, but they should make masks based on something that's killing the children. I'd wear one of those, those would be fun. Justin:              That's a great idea. Pete, would you, now if a one eyed teddy bear is scary, what about a two eyed teddy bear? Alex:                 Oh, man. Pete:                One eyed is more scary, man. Alex:                 What about a no eyed teddy bear. Terror. Justin:              I mean a terror bear does sound scary. Alex:                 Let's move onto our X of Swords block Excalibur number 13, written by Tini Howard [crosstalk 00:42:40]. What? Pete:                I was hoping we would save that black for last, but all right, you've got this all- Justin:              No, I like the book we're saving for last, I think we made the right choice. Alex:                 Okay. Written by Tini Howard and art by R.B. Silva. And then we got an X-Men number 13 from Marvel written by Jonathan Hickman, and art by Mahmud Asrar. Unlike the previous months, we're only getting two … Previous weeks, excuse me, we're only getting two issues this week, they're not tied together, they're each their own stories. In Excalibur we find out what's going on with Captain Britain who is now Betsy Braddock, and her siblings as they go to other worlds and tango with other world. And in X-Men number 13, we find out the fate and backstory of apocalypse, two very different stories, but we're really starting to get to the halfway point of this event. What did you think about these, and what do you think about this event so far? Pete:                I really love the ways events started, but I just feel like we're taking too much time with the [inaudible 00:43:37] or getting the sword so they can join the battle. It's like, “Yeah, get your fucking sword so we can get this goddamn fight started.” I'm excited to see how this unfolds. I'm still very much on board, but I feel like they're taking their sweet ass fucking time with each person joining the goddamn fight. Justin:              I mean we got three swords in two issues, that's pretty … the ratio is right there. Alex:                 I will say I love the slow anticipation of building the swords, but every time they get to that scene where everybody is standing in the circle with their swords, it's cool. But I'm also like, how long have they been standing there? Have they been standing there not talking and staring at each other? Pete:                The first person was like, “Jeez, guys, cool sword.” Justin:              I do think, I mean, them all arriving there could have happened over the course of five minutes. It's just the way that comic pacings everyone is doing their own shit on the- Alex:                 No, this has taken weeks. I mean, weeks between comics. Justin:              Now, that's how you're reading it. But I do think everyone could have arrived there one after the other. Alex:                 Otherwise how … This is probably a good thing for our podcast to tackle. But how does the linear progression of time work? Justin:              Well, here's the thing, it moves forward second by second, minute by minute, unless you go timeout, and then time stops and you can do whatever you want for a brief amount of time. Alex:                 You can say what's going on. Pete:                I'm glad you're talking about timeouts. Justin:              And then time in and everything continues on. Pete:                No, but I think in comics Wednesdays are like our Mondays, you know what I mean? That's the start of the week. Justin:              Oh, interesting. Alex:                 I like [crosstalk 00:45:28]. Justin:              You have a calendar in your house is just Wednesday to Wednesdays just like- Pete:                Wednesday to Wednesday [crosstalk 00:45:33]. Justin:              Mondays and Tuesdays are just lost days for you. Alex:                 It's always Wednesday somewhere, you know what I'm talking about? Pete:                Oh yeah. Justin:              Timeout. Pete doesn't know what he's talking about. Timing. Pete:                Timing. Alex:                 I like these books quite a bit. I thought the other world stuff was really interesting- Pete:                What a surprise. Alex:                 … I really liked the Braddock family. I thought they're really fun in the way that Tini Howard wrote them, delineated them in an interesting way. It also throws in interesting power dynamic into everything that's going to other world, which if they're trying to defend to other world, but they hate other world, what's up with that? I guess we'll find out how that plays out. But the big one was X-Men 13 which gives completely red cons apocalypse, gives a entirely new motivation for everything that he has ever done, which is very, very classic, Jonathan Hickman, Marvel at this point. But I think it works. Justin:              I think it does work as well. And it is weird because it's like apocalypse who is like, he's been alive for millennia. But then you're like, “Wait, that dude was married?” Pete:                Yeah, right. Justin:              Like, oh, okay, he had a little life. Cool. Alex:                 Well, and then the other part of it for those who haven't read the book, this is a spoiler, but we find out the reason he's always been looking for the fittest and the strongest to survive is to master the forces to fight back the beings that are invading [inaudible 00:47:01] and therefore [inaudible 00:47:02] and eventually the earth. It's actually been this [inaudible 00:47:05] heroic motivation the entire time, which is kind of an amazing retcon to throw in there. Pete:                Yeah. Oh yeah. By the way, apocalypse has been not evil this whole time. Justin:              I don't know, I bought it like, as far as a cut scene to just drop in for us. I think that works. And despite the fact that he has been a villain this whole time, if he's trying to find the fittest so he can get back to be with the people he loves, that's enough of a motivation for me to be like, “Okay, maybe this person can now stand with our heroes.” Pete:                I agree. Alex:                 Pete, you disagree. Pete:                I would rather watch panels of him trying to put that sword together than to hear about his bullshit family. Alex:                 Man. Justin:              Wait, why would you rather watch see him put the sword together? Pete:                Because at least that's moving the fucking thing forward. Alex:                 All right. Well, we're getting to it. Pete:                I want to see a sword fight. I want to see a giant fucking sword fight. Alex:                 You're going to get it, you're going to get a big all sword fight. Pete:                And they're giving me all these goddamn backstory before what's going to hopefully be the greatest sword fight of all time. Justin:              What if instead of a sword fight they just talk it out. Pete:                If this is going to be a fucking kill bill situation, I'm going to lose my goddamn mind. Alex:                 What if it's like the sexual sword fight, Pete, what would you think about that? Pete:                That would also suck. Justin:              Speaking of that- Alex:                 It would in fact. Justin:              … let's jump into our next book. Alex:                 All right. Let's move from saying that you were a little conflicted about Pete, a title I know you love, Faithless Two, number five [inaudible 00:48:50]. Pete:                You can't even [inaudible 00:48:51], you're cracking yourself up. Oh yeah, I love it, ooh, what the fuck. Alex:                 Well, I was kind of cracking up because you couldn't stop yawning while I was introducing this. You made the biggest, most adorable lion yawn while I was doing that. Justin:              Yeah. You are just a little bit, you're a little baby by just waking up from a nap. Alex:                 I thought this was great- Justin:              And Alex is like scar, Alex's scar being like, “Hey kid, you want to see some porno?” That's what we're doing right now. Alex:                 Oh, Justin. I thought this issue Justin actually got to the heart of what you've been talking about for the past couple of the issues with this book, where we'd be like, “Okay, what's going on with this art? They're visiting many wonderful European countries. There's some fucked up shit going on. There's weird sex stuff going on. What are we getting through this title?” And this issue did it. This issue pulled the lid off, revealed what the title at least this part is about, and I like that quite a bit. How'd you feel about it? Justin:              Same way. This felt like, I mean, if we can talk about how, this book is very sexual, and mixing that with sort of the demonic and we find out like heaven and hell in this universe they're creating. Pete:                Heaven fucks too bro, you know what I mean, come on. Justin:              No doubt. Yeah, no, I know. Alex:                 Oh, that's a pull quote [crosstalk 00:50:15], thanks Pete, you're [crosstalk 00:50:16]. Justin:              Heaven fucks too. And this, I feel like it has been a lot of buildup, and finally this is sort of the release issue where the orgasm issue, where there's a ton of sex in this issue, and it's about coming to conclusion. Pete:                You don't have to say it like that. Justin:              But that's truly what I think- Alex:                 No, he's commenting on coming to conclusions. Justin:              Exactly. I think this is truly what it was written to be, and I respect that. Pete:                We can be honest on this podcast, right? There's a thing that happens in this issue where they're having a threesome, and I've never had a threesome, but I have to assume when it happens it's like in the book, where you start to meld into each other and turn into each other's sexual organs until you become one sort of like human centipede, centrifugal force type thing. Is that correct? You guys [crosstalk 00:51:14]. Justin:              That's been my experience. Alex:                 Yeah. Okay. Pete:                Especially when you do weird drugs and then have sex in the woods. Alex:                 Nice. I thought this issue was very good. Last one, we're going to talk about Night- Pete:                Wait. Alex:                 Yes. Pete:                While we're being honest, I just wanted to say, Justin, the next time we're stuck on a boat and drinking with Brian Azzarello, I'm going to have a lot of questions for him. Alex:                 First of all, how dare you? Justin:              The real question is, don't do those drugs, those weird drugs that we didn't like last time. Because we should say a lot of this book is based on our time on the comic book carnival cruise that we did. Alex:                 Yeah. The boat was called the USS Faithless, right? Justin:              That's a 100% right. The Faithless Two. Alex:                 Last but not least, Nightwing number 75 from DC Comics written by Dan Jurgens, art by Travis Moore and Ronan Cliquet. Finally, Nightwing is back to himself. He has his memory again. In this issue, KGBs is coming for him. He's trying to figure out what's going on with himself, both with his ex-girlfriend Barbara Gordon, as well as his new girlfriend. We haven't really been following this title, and I got to tell you, I like Nightwing stuff, but I really got off when he lost his memory. Jumping back into this, this was a pleasant surprise. Justin:              Yeah. Rick Grayson was the sort of like devil may care, like I'm bad character, that filled in after he lost his memory, and it just didn't work I feel like. It didn't feel at all organic to Nightwing. And so it is good to finally see him back, especially since Nightwing has had so many iterations that have worked in a surprising way, a lot of the Tom King stuff where he was a super spy. [crosstalk 00:53:09]. Yeah, with Tim Seeley working for checkmate and all of that, it was great and it was not Nightwing, but it still worked because he was still inherently himself. And the recreation stuff felt like such a departure that it didn't … it felt like a one-off issue thing where it was like a bummer, but let's get our guy back, and it just lasted for longer. To see him back here being in themself is exciting. Pete:                Yeah. I also liked the Alfred stuff, I thought that was very touching. I'm glad somebody is really dealing with the lost here. Alex:                 And I like the idea also of bringing back KGBs, the person who shot him originally where he lost his memory and building it up as this big, bad villain, foreign Nightwing. I think that's fun, it gives it emotional stakes, ties it into the previous art, but moves it forward in a very nice way. I enjoyed this book. I was very surprised, I'm glad we checked it out. And I think that's it for The Stack, if you'd like to support us, patreon.com/comicbookclub, also do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM to Crowdcast and YouTube. Come hang out, we would love to chat with you about comics at comic book live on Twitter, iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and listen to the show. 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Dr. Jerz's lecture on describing data graphically.

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Dr. Jerz's lecture on describing data graphically.

On this episode of Fah The Lead, Timothy Martin and Connor Bunn talk paint schemes with NASCAR designer Harris Lue. He has brought the throwback style back to NASCAR and fans are going crazy over it!

Dr. Jerz's lecture on describing data graphically.Transcript (srt) file: Graphing_Techniques

Alex DiFrancesco joins us to discuss their new novel, All City, and the effects of climate change and gentrification in post-apocalyptic community building!

It's not often you get to sit down & chat with a legend that isn't a legend...YET. Joel Smith is THE upcoming GD guy. And after today's interview, you'll know exactly why! You'll also know that genius, especially in the arts, often goes unrecognized (I'm a victim myself actually ;'/ ) Today, you're going to learn a lot, laugh, maybe cry. But in the end you'll finally have the answer to - what IS graphic design anyway?? Check out Joel's awesome stuff - Twitter & Instagram, Medium, & his own personal portfolio website (very cool). Book your Face @bradjohnsonshow Tweet your Tweets @bradjohnsonshow and Insta your Grams @bradjohnsonshow Bradjohnsonshow.website Intro Music Credit: Beachclub by Michett is licensed under CC BY 4.0 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brad-johnson-show/support

In this episode of the SuperDataScience Podcast, I chat with the legend of visual journalism, Alberto Cairo, who talks about understanding if your data is measuring the right thing that you wanted to be measuring. You will hear about Simpson's paradox and the ecological fallacy. You will learn about the four kinds of literacy, exploratory data analysis versus communicating results, how to create a narrative structure in your visualization and convey the insights in a certain way so that people can better understand them. And finally, you will hear about ethics in data visualization. If you enjoyed this episode, check out show notes, resources, and more at www.superdatascience.com/271

We are back on Level 20 500 Million Club. In this Player 1 and Player 2 adventure down the path of this week’s upcoming games and some amazing news from Gamercon. We also give you the description of our new “I wanna Game” segment” with Nick Long.  In our checkpoint, we discuss the 500 Million limited edition PS4 we also take a look at some other limited edition consoles and our opinions. Re Re Releases #MonsterHunterGenerationsUltimate - August 28th   NS - Capcom “This critically acclaimed action RPG series makes its debut on Nintendo Switch. Take on epic hunts on the go or from the comfort of your own home! Choose from 14 different weapon types, mix and match them with unique Hunting Styles and Hunter Arts, or even play as an adorable but ferocious Felyne in Prowler Mode! Featuring the largest cast of monsters for any game in the series, from returning fan favorites to mysterious never-before-seen monsters!” #YAKUZAKIWAMI2 - August 28th   PS4 - SEGA “One year after the 10 billion yen incident, Kazuma Kiryu begins to build a peaceful life with Haruka Sawamura. Tearing him away, an assassination threatens to erupt in an all-out war between the Tojo Clan and the Omi Alliance. Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima, must travel to Sotenbori, Osaka in an attempt to broker peace between the rival clans, but Ryuji Goda, known as the Dragon of Kansai, will stop at nothing to get his war. In this world, there can only be one dragon.!”   #DivinityOriginalSin2 - August 31st   PS4, XB1 - Bandai Namco  “Choose your race and origin. Choose from 6 unique origin characters with their own backgrounds and quests, or create your own as a human, lizard, elf, dwarf, or undead. All choices have consequences. The Definitive Edition brings thousands of changes based on critic and player feedback since the original launch.”   #NarutotoBorutoShinobiStriker - August 31st   PS4, XB1 - Bandai Namco  “The Naruto franchise is back with a brand new experience in Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker! This new game lets gamers battle as a team of 4 to compete against other teams online! Graphically, Shinobi Striker is also built from the ground up in a completely new graphics style. Lead your team and fight online to see who the best ninjas are!.” Thank you to “Metacritic.com” and “Amazon.com” on providing us with the upcoming games and descriptions. Also if you use Amazon.com check out our links in the description and Amazon kicks a lil back to use.

Okay. Here we are with "Dream in Which I Love a Third Baseman" by Lisa Olstein. Things get weird. Graphically weird. Like 'when-you-saw-that-sex-scene-between-Sylvester-Stallone-and-Sharon-Stone-in-The-Specialst-as-a-kid" weird. Executively produced, although she'd never admit to it, by Casstown, Population: Moore Reid.Support Cold Dog Soup by donating to the tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/cold-dog-soupCheck out our podcasting host, Pinecast. Start your own podcast for free, no credit card required, forever. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-1b6d07 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Cold Dog Soup.

We read some comics and so should you. Old Man Hawkeye #1 by Ethan Sacks & Marco Checchetto Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too by Jomny Sun (The typos are part of the twee bullshit in this book) Head Lopper by Andrew MacLean Pixie Dust by Russell Nohelty & Nicolas Touris Girls with Slingshots by Danielle Corsetto Fun Home & Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel Lazaretto by Clay McLeod Chapman & Jey Levang Giant Days by John Alison, Lissa Treiman (Issues 1-7), Max Serin (Issue 7 on) Bingo Love by Tee Franklin, Jenn St-Onge, & Joy San Serenity: Leaves on the Wind by Zack Whedon & George Jeanty Franken Fran by Katsuhisa Kigitsu Critical Role by Matthew Mercer, Matthew Colville, Olivia Samson, & Chris Northrop Also in this episode: Ashley gets touched by an alien Graphically violent comics... for kids! Webcomics nostalgia Jamie comes across the worst nickname Giant Days is better than the rambling mess Jess & Jamie dole out would suggest Ashley loves horsecock Jess really like Critical Role for reasons I cannot comprehend Remember when people scheduled their lives around television? Pepperidge Farm The Last Panel remembers Panelists: Jamie(@thatcomicfan), Ashley(@sierradean), Scott(@goddamnitscott), Jess (@GeekyChicky87)

Want More Sales? Local Search Expert Explains How Mark Taylor is the founder of local search experts eSalesHub. What has been the key development his company has made to local search in the past year since we spoke in Episode 60?   Local Search Knowledge Boost From CRM Integration eSales Hub are now connecting to CRM systems. Not only can they track what keyword makes the phone ring. They can track which keyword leads to a sale. They are now able to map the complete customer journey from local search. Ever since they have integrated into client's CRM systems, it has given them so much knowledge. This knowledge is revealing what keywords are driving people to make a purchase. And what keywords are not. Just a slight difference in a keyword can make a massive difference to sales. This insight enables them to optimise their key-term. An example:  "Estate Agents" The term "Estate Agent" (singular) is used by people who want to BUY a house. But, the key-term "Estate Agents" (plural) drives people who want to SELL a house. So just that difference of an "s" has made a massive difference to their Estate Agent clients. This drags eSales Hub into the semantics of search. Is it that "estate agents" is used because sellers are looking for several agents, for their dog-and-pony shows. For those agents to come along to see the searcher to demonstrate why they are ideal for selling their houses? Mark is rightly cautious about this. He has not held focus groups with clients, or conducted research. He points to the mindset of the customer. Again, take the key-term with "price" in it versus "cost". A search asking what the price of a boiler is, through the terms "boiler price", is indicative of a person scouting around. They are further up the purchase funnel. Further away from making the purchase. It's the opposite with the term "boiler cost". Searchers have already done their research and they are at that point where they want to make a purchase. Profitablility Increased From Understanding Local Search Conversions Previously, eSales Hub could only really tell that they were making the phone ring. Now as they integrate into CRM systems, they have discovered the key to making the client PROFITABLE. By connecting that initial click in Google Adwords right through to sale. This gives you so much intelligence that simply has not existed before. This has meant that some clients are getting fewer leads this year, but those leads are more profitable. With the sales data, you can enhance conversion and average order values. Then you can focus on those keywords that give you a greater return. So, boiler price might drive lots of phone calls. But, they are the wrong type of calls. They are too far away from making a purchase decision. Whereas, boiler cost works a lot better for conversions. The searcher immediately goes to a boiler survey and has a higher propensity to purchase. Is there a general rule here? The price of something and the cost of something? Is it because people are following the advertising AIDA principle? Awareness, Interest, Desire and Action. Do they make decisions at different stages. The answer will be yes to that. The closer they get to a sale though they are thinking about paying for something, soon. So the word cost has more relevance to them in their minds than price. Why Are People Going on the Internet? It is no different from people using Yellow Pages, a decade ago. Think about when you are searching for a service. You have not had a recommendation. There is no-one that you know. So what is the first thing you do? Search for somebody. Your motivation is to go down a list of alternatives and find the FIRST person that meets your requirements. Yellow pages has a plethora of different ads. Big, small and tiny ads. Like above. The difference with Google, other than the ad creative, they do all LOOK the same. Graphically they look similar.

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In minute 12, Heidi and Molly chat about Cat Stevens, the shifting roles of our Scooby gang, and the goodness of James Spader. It’s also pop culture Friday, which means there are two hot new recommendations. The Ritual – Movie Tea for the Tillerman – Cat Stevens Harold and Maude The Blacklist

Dr. Jerz's lecture on describing data graphically.

Dr. Jerz's lecture on describing data graphically.

If you have questions of your own, you can tweet us at @immutablefm, email us at questions@immutable.fm, or join our Slack team! Sponsor: Linode Topic 1: How do you empower individuals within your team to contribute to design without creating a design by committee environment? Max Schoening Topic 2: Bryn, during the last episode you mentioned that you stopped using icon sets and started making your own icons with the help of the designer you work for who teach you ‘how easy it was'. Could you give us some tips to the designers who want to start doing more of their own icons? Jeremy Goldberg Topic 3: Sam, assuming you use predominantly Xcode is there any reason you would use the command line over the built in source code feature in Xcode? GitHub for Desktop kDiff3 Topic 4: How do you bridge the gap between "fresh out of design school" level of work and a professional level portfolio that gets your hired? Seems like a big catch 22 to me. ShopSavvy Privatize Design Details Topic 5: What's Sinatra? Should I use it? Ruby on Rails Sinatra Ruby blog.soff.es Roon Node

So, you’re probably wondering about that title, “your vulva is a snowflake,” and the fact that today’s episode had the word “sex” in the title. You might even be thinking, oh this episode isn’t for me, I’m not in a relationship – or, I AM in a relationship and it’s a healthy relationship – or, I’m not looking for sex advice right now – or whatever might be coming into your brain because this episode has “sex” in the title. I want to make this clear – yes, we talk about the act of sex a little, but this episode is not about intercourse or partnership. Like, at all. This is, I mean, maybe one of the most all-inclusive, body-positive conversations I know I’ve ever had. And probably, you too. Anne Hodder is a Certified sex educator, sex toy expert, and sex-positive PR & marketing pro at Hodder Media. She’s also been a friend of mine for about….5 years now?...I met her at the gym, in a spin class, and since then she has just been such a thoughtful, wise, and supportive presence in my life. I knew that when the time was right, I needed to have her on the pod. And today, more than ever, seems like the moment to talk as candidly, honestly, graphically, and altruistically about sex, sexuality, trauma, consent, desire, and body positivity as we do here in Episode 16. So when you hear “sex educator,” if youre like me, you probably think about your health teacher in middle school and that one unit they did on basically the how tos of sex and our bodies. Talking to Anne, I learned it’s, so, SO much more than that. And while most of us get the birds and the bees talk or maybe get that year or two of classes in school, it’s NOT enough. What Anne does isn’t just talking about intercourse – it’s about owning your body, your decisions, your emotions, and making empowered choices. Yes, sometimes in the bedroom – but a lot of what she talks about doesn’t even have to do with going between the sheets. In this episode, we talk about shame, what we get wrong about sexual trauma – or at least what I did – and how MUCH that explains when it comes to the way we navigate our relationships and sexuality, her experiences with talking to high schoolers vs. adults, Anne’s journey into the sex journalism and then sex education world, judgement, dealing with embarassment, body hangups, sex positivity, body positivity, and why no emotion is mutually exclusive. That’s just the tip of the iceberg. I came to a realization while listening back to this recording: Ann says "There are things we can and cannot say to people under 18. The thing we need to remember when talking with high school kids is that developmentally they're in a totally different place." And it donned on me that most of our FORMAL, ACTUAL SEX ED ends in high school health class. Which means that, for most of us, the education ends before we're actually experiencing the majority of our mature sexual life. The education ends - and the speculation begins. No wonder sex, sexuality, and everything even closely related seems like such a mystery - the information we have was given to us based on what we were actually able to process at the time! When we were kids! The rules around sex ed are so varied from region to region - I mean, I had "human development class" every single year from kindergarten to sixth grade, talking about everything from dating to kissing to drugs to yes, how babies are made. And then I got to middle school, and I distinctly remember we talked about sex in 7th grade. And then nothing in 8th, then barely anything in 9th, and that was it. In 9th grade, I was 14 years old. I was really lucky to have incredibly open-minded and candid parents, especially a mom I could talk to or ask anything. But I know most young women aren't as lucky growing up. Even with her guidance, I was still being handed a set of experiences and opinions - nothing from anyone actually trained to guide me through things from an educational non-parental perspective. So it makes sense to me that sex and sexuality are most commonly surrounded by shame, mystery, rebellion, etc. And moreOVER!, we only see sex portrayed a certain way in the media - USUALLY heterosexual, usually cisgender, and USUALLY two young, pristine-looking people. Very little body diversity, age diversity, gender diversity... that's why shows like sex and the city and girls were and are so groundbreaking. This should go without saying, but this episode IS for mature audiences – we swear a bit, we talk not GRAPHICALLY in a vulgar way but in an anatomical way, and while Anne was cracking me up throughout the entire episode, it’s definitely not a set of subjects to be taken lightly. If you’re not into it, cool, or if you’re, I don’t know, my grandma listening (and she does listen) and you don’t really want to hear your granddaughter talking about this, that’s cool too! But on the flipside, I would say that this is an episode that should DEFINITELY be shared with anyone in your life who is open to listening because as we discuss on the episode, we live in a culture that dodges these important topics way too often and to our detriment.