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WHAT IT'S LIKE TO TAKE DRUGS
I don't take drugs but I see documentaries about it. Like everybody else I wonder why addicts do it. After all, they've heard the same horror stories that I have. Why trade a short-term high for...
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WOMEN WHO COULD HAVE HAD STAGE CAREERS
This woman could be Natasha in a live action "Rocky and Bullwinkle." I wish more more people with what are called character faces would take acting lessons and create a stage persona for themselves....
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"CANS WITHOUT LABELS" NEARS (ALMOST NEARS) COMPLETION
Wait til you see the pictures I got last night! This film is a game changer and a half!!!! I'll try to post during the day on Friday.
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"CANS WITHOUT LABELS"
I haven't seen the final cut of "Cans Without Labels." Nobody has. There's still some unfinished scenes. What I have seen is a medley of finished scenes with the sound and effects cut in, and they're...
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PRETTY GIRLS/UGLY FACES
I had had cataract surgery yesterday and I'm recovering at home. Wow! I highly recommend this if you're in need of it. The world is so much more colorful than it appeared only a couple of days ago. I...
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I9TH CENTURY STAGE DESIGN
I confess to liking the old-fashioned theatrical backdrops (above) of the 19th Century.I think it was the backgrounds in the old Melies films (above) that won me over. Look at the one above...bathing...
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WHY ISN'T THIS PICTURE FUNNY?
Let me rephrase that. It is funny...Milt Gross did it and he's incapable of drawing anything that's not funny...let me ask instead, "How could this picture have been even more funny?" The answer? It...
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DO ARTISTS HAVE TO WORK IN A CONTEMPORARY STYLE?
Gee, I like Milt Gross. The picture he did above is so typical of his approach. It's cartoony, earthy, intellectually challenging, skillful, and it radiates happiness and good vibes.For comparison...
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THE TIME TRAVEL STORY (PART 2)
IRENE: "Why, you pathetic little fool. Get out of my way."BUM: "Look, all I'm askin' for is a dime, lady. A pretty lady like you...it's not gonna break you."KATHY: "Haw! It looks like you have an...
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THE TIME TRAVEL STORY (PART 1)
EXT. NEW YORK CITY: THE GIRL TIME TRAVELERS EMERGE FROM MACY'S WEARING EXPENSIVE CLOTHES:ISABEL (VO): "That was fun. Where's Tony?CLARE: "He's coming! I see him. Hey, look at this...a satin and tulle...
View ArticleNAKED POETRY READING
Greetingth again, poetry loverth!!!!!! Here's a reprise of "Naked Poetry Corner" from 2010.To get the effect you have to WATCH BOTH VIDEOS AT THE SAME TIME, so keep them both in frame. Turn on the...
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SOME RECENTLY POSTED ASTRONOMY PICTURES
Above, the Horsehead Nebula as seen recently by The Hubble space telescope. Actually, it's a composite of several pictures taken at different wavelengths.For comparrison, here's the same nebula as it...
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GETTING A HAIR CUT
Here I am (above), about to get my hair cut at the local beauty school.Friends think I get my hair cut by students because I'm cheap. Let me answer that. See the guy above? That's your barber. See the...
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WHO INVENTED MELODRAMA?
Long time readers of this blog know how much I like melodrama. The time travel story I recently posted was heavily influenced by it. For me it means creating stories out of elements that have sure-fire...
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YIKES! ANOTHER ASTRONOMY POST
I hadn't intended to do another astronomy post so soon after the last one, but I've come across pictures that are just too interesting to withhold.This one (above) appears to be a lump of clay shaped...
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MILTON'S "PARADISE LOST"
Haw! I never, ever thought I'd be doing a post about Paradise Lost, the poem about which Samuel Johnson said, "Nobody ever wishes it was longer." Johnson was right. Milton could write, but he wrote too...
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SNOOTY WOMEN
Here's (above) one of my favorite Basil Wolverton caricatures. I assume it's Greta Garbo. She was famous for her profile shots and Basil probably referenced one of them when he sketched this.Maybe it...
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EATING SPAGHETTI
This post is all about the proper way to eat spaghetti, but a little agricultural background (above) might be in order. Most people believe that spaghetti is made from wheat flour, but that's not true....
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"HER" (MOVIE)
I have to tell you about a film I just saw: "Her" starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlet Johansson. It's a fascinating sci-fi film about the near future when a man falls in love with an intelligent...
View ArticleWRITTEN WHILE SLEEPY
Forgive me, I'm writing a blog when I'm very, very sleepy again, and I'm way too groggy to write anything thought out. I'll try to free associate and see what happens.Well, I've been obsessively...
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