And so we dive into a new year, 2019. We start the year with a shutdown government. Film theatre is all in a rage about Mary Poppins... who has Returned. I'm not so sure where she's been, but she's back  and everyone's going nuts about her.

Here on the Whateley front, Elrod is ramping back up to speed E. E. has his wood carving knife out and is working his way through a pretty massive piece of white oak.And me? I'm mixing betwe30-50 kids singing Supercalifragilisticexpialadocious.. For this week's content: we have a Star Wars Library piece, "Knight of Empire" in which E. E. Nalley continues his saga.

MageOhki has something a bit off the beaten trail to share with you all this evening.

This is a bit of sci-fi goodness, rattling around in the very large and versatile world of Battletech in which humans have spread into a vast star empire and then dwindled somewhat due to greed, corruption, and the common problem of getting too big to properly fit our britches. In the aftermath, a system of noble clans hold onto what territory they can by force of economic and military strength. Some still aspire to the highest levels of technology reached by humanity, others struggle to keep their technology functioning and hold onto their ability to travel the stars by the barest fingertips. Where it comes to military might, there is the Mech... a complex giant man shaped war machine, piloted by one man or woman, equipped with everything from machine guns to lasers, missle racks to particle cannons. For those who can't field a lance of Mechs of their own, there are mercenary companies, noble clan or private free companies, to hire and send after your enemies... and hope that they honor their contract.

Chapter One of "With the right lever, I can move the world" can be found in the Newest Non-Canon Stories... or more specifically under the Unique Sci-Fi section of the Library stories. Enjoy!

We have had some bad hurricanes recently, but I'm unsure that the devestation from these is better or worse than the fires being experienced in California at this time. I don't think many people grasp the scale. I have personally been hiding inside doing as little as possible and coughing my lungs out. But I am more than fifty miles from the fire. Hope for some rain, we need some.

For those of you supporting us on Patreon, a big thanks out to you today, as Patreon celebrates patrons world wide.

For today, we have some Gen 2 put together by Wasaman. It's "Dorms of Our Lives" (Part 3). Enjoy and comment!

Lots of fun shows and remakes on Hulu, Netflix, and the various television streaming sites. 

Legacies... the newest incarnation of CW's vampire saga that has been set in first Mystic Falls, then New Orleans ("Originals") and now in a private boarding school for vampires, werewolves, and witches... one of whom is Klaus' daughter, the hybrid vampire, were, witch.  

New Season of Daredevil.

Flash has a daughter.

More Black Lightning.

A remake of "Charmed" ? Sketchy at best... but then, the original "Charmed" was... not at its best in its first few episodes.

Season 14 of Supernatural

Supergirl - which is doubling down on parallelling contemporary issues - may not even be able to talk about that one without break site politics rules.

Not sure how much, if any of it any of you will find worth watching, I'm just a bit surprised by the amount available this season.

I AM going to make one very political statement, but its non-partisan so I should get away with it: No matter what your political ideology and how you vew what's going on today, there is only one good legal way to solve such issues. And that is to GO VOTE. No excuses. No independent, none of the candidates really speak for me, nonsense. Every candidate speaks for you... whether you want to support or deny those words coming out of their mouths. VOTE and hold your politician accountable. 

Ok, public service message done; let's talk about content. Today we have a new segment from E.E. Nalley. It's Part Two of the "All Hallows Ball" ... please enjoy, and comment.

Between illness, injury, and weather mishap; it's been a while since we've gotten regular story updates from Elrod. Today's new content hopefully marks the end to that and Elrod's return to regular releases. To start with, we have Part 3 of "My Fair Shine" 

Enjoy, comment, and celebrate Elrod's return!