Rest easy, Nichelle Nichols.

Her family recently announced that she passed away at the age of 89.

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“Spuk um Mitternacht,” Albert Welti

“Haunted Midnight.”  Etching.

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Sweet talk.

Weird things you learn as a writer — the expression “sweeten the kitty” was at one time a synonym for “award.”

We absolutely need to bring that back into common usage.



Lavender outside Virginian Station, Roanoke, VA

Update — I have been reliably informed that this is actually Russian sage, and not lavender.  My bad.

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Poster for “Love, Death & Robots” Season 1 (2019)

Episode 3: “The Witness.”

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was no exception here, honestly.

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Variant cover to “Legion of Super-Heroes” #11, Nicola Scott, 2020

DC Comics.

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The checkout girl gave me Good Humor Strawberry Shortcake bars by accident.

Now I think I’m addicted.

The real irony here is that I haven’t actually been in any good humor for approximately 17 years.



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“Peyrelebade Landscape,” Odilon Redon, 1880

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The resemblance is uncanny. Don’t deny it.

I even kinda come across like Forrest Gump.



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