Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Doctor please, some more of these
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You know I love these things. Love them for their fascinating portrayal of womanhood in the 1950s and 1960s (and beyond - some of these...
Knit your own cat: the story of Mini Mia
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This is Mini Mia, the replica in wool of Shannon's new cat. Nothing could quite capture Mia's charm, but I took a shot at it be...
On the edge
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Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Sad, bad - glad? Cartoons that will make you very happy
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The less you say about cartoons like these, the better, but since I don't want to look like a total slacker, I should say somethin...
Eadweard Muybridge: HOW HE DID IT!
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SOLVED! The mystery of how Muybridge took all those photos which created an illusion of motion long before motion picture technology...
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Monkeyshines: more creepy than Halloween
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It's All Saints Day, the bellybutton of the Mexican Day of the Dead celebration which lasts from October 31 to November 2. In celebr...
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Hitler's ventriloquist
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The weird shit I find late at night! There seems to be no end to it. I'm now on a search for very early talkies, most of t...
Friday, October 30, 2015
Betty White - all right (and Bill, you're my thrill)
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I realize this blog, uneven as it is, has become dominated by the gif. The reason is this: I was born in 1954, and anything that hel...
Thursday, October 29, 2015
The stag in the cathedral
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This is worth watching on YouTube because it's high-res enough to watch full-screen. If you do, you will feel that you are there in ...
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