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"CONFESSIONS OF A SOCIOPATH"
Here's what I've been reading lately..."Confessions of a Sociopath," by M. E. Thomas, a clinically diagnosed sociopath. It cast a pall over my holiday because it was so interesting that I couldn't put...
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OGLING ON THE INTERNET
I've been thinking, and I've come to the conclusion that I should shift the subject of my adult browsing. I figure I should be ogling women who are closer to my own age. It's just getting too hard to...
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R. I. P. MICHAEL SPORN
A few days ago I discovered that animation blogger Michael Sporn died, a victim of Pancreatic Cancer. It was a real shock. I knew he'd been away from his blog for a few weeks but I had no idea his...
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ME AT AGE 95
Above, a picture of me the way I no doubt will look years down the line, and...way down in the right corner... a picture of me the way I looked when I was "young and vigorous" (as John calls it), only...
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LOUIS WOLHEIM
Maybe I should have called this post, "John K Does It Again." John has a knack for discovering...or rather, rediscovering... wonderful live action cartoon characters in old films. Here's (above) his...
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A MACABRE SPECULATION ABOUT DEATH
WARNING: This post speculates about the nature of death, and posits that it's painful and terrifying. It's a downright creepy subject, definitely not suitable for anyone who's recently experienced the...
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"GOW, THE HEADHUNTER"
I've seen some great DVD movies in the last two weeks. The best was "Wog, the Headhunter," a documentary from the early thirties about Melanesian headhunters and cannibals. The film has to be seen to...
View Article50s WEATHER GIRLS
Long time readers of Theory Corner know all about this Ernie Kovacs video...I've blogged about it before. What you might not know is that Jolene Brand (above) parodied a real life sexy weather girl,...
View ArticleSTYLUSES AND DRAWING APPS FOR THE IPAD
Here's (above) a demo of the Jot Touch, which is the stylus of choice for most serious artists. The video's a year and a half old so the issues the with line width and lag might have been fixed by now,...
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ATRONOMY PICTURES YOU MAY NOT HAVE SEEN
That's Asteroid Itokawa (above) which passed near Earth in 2005. It's remarkable because there's no craters on it. Nobody knows why but the best guess is that it's a loose ball of rubble that easily...
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A LOVE POEM FOR LIP READERS
It's almost Valentine's Day!!!!!!! Is your loved one hard of hearing? Maybe she'd appreciate a copy of the love poem I'm writing for the hearing impaired. I'm not finished yet, but here's how it...
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MILEY CYRUS AND JOHN K./A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN
Miley Cyrus's "Bangerz" concert tour opened on Valentine's Day in Vancouver and, to judge from this phone video (below), it must have been something to see. I like Cyrus, and I like this song, which is...
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FEMALE CRIMINALS OF THE 1920S and 40S
I put up a lot of old-time mugshots lately, and I thought I exhausted that theme, then Jorge sent me a link to more that I'd never seen before. These were police photos of prostitutes taken in Montreal...
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MORE RECENT ASTRONOMY PHOTOS
Sorry for not posting sooner. I've been very busy, and still am. Just so nobody thinks I'm dead, here's a few recent photos from the "Astronomy Picture of the Day" site. Above, that's Dingo Gap on Mars...
View ArticleVIMEO TEST
Untitled from withnail pimple on Vimeo.I thought I'd test Vimeo, just to see how it works. Holy Cow! They put graphics over the bottom of their videos! Not only that, but they put that stupid link...
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THE ART OF ANIMATION DANCING
That's (above) the old Chouinard art school in the 30's, the school that later morphed into Cal Arts. It was Walt Disney's idea to combine the Chouinard Art Institute and the LA Conservatory of Music...
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AN INTERNET COURSE ON PLATO
The handsome bust above is of Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher who lived before Plato's time. I put it here because I want people to think it's Plato and be favorably disposed to him, at least for a...
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TED GEISEL DRAWS HANDS
Geisel is, of course, the real name of the kids book author, Dr. Seuss. I love the way he used to draw hands. I've blogged about this subject before, but I thought it might be worth revisiting if I...
View ArticleCAROL BURNETT AND JERRY LEWIS
Wow and Double Wow! Take a look at this sketch (above) from the old Carol Burnett Show. It starts out a little slow, but stay with it...it gets better. Jerry's great in it! Here's Carrol (above) as...
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