I ain’t afraid of you.
Note the presence of my regular nerd glasses underneath my eclipse glasses. The reasons for that are somewhat complicated; just move along.
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My friends are talking about the Greek classics.
I know there’s a pun to be found here somewhere, but so far Odyssey it.
Oh, c’mon. This joke was a Homer run.
Cover to “Superman: The Man of Steel Annual” #1, Joe Quesada & Jimmy Palmiotti, 1992
DC Comics.
I’m probably being a mother hen.
I do that a lot. I’m pretty sure it’s gotten worse after I hit 50.
But PLEASE do not look at the eclipse at ALL Monday without eclipse glasses. You really can go blind like that.
“After a Thunderstorm,” Arkhip Kuindzhi, 1879
An earthquake and an eclipse within four days of each other?
I hope Demi Moore’s unborn child is okay.
(IYKYK.)
(And I feel so hollow about it.)
My brain: concentrate on the task in front of you.
Also my brain:
My horse-fake brings all of Troy to the yard.
That’s right — its belly holds swords!
That’s right — its belly holds swords!
Gonna teach them — with a Graecian charge!
Le Cheval de Troie, Henri-Paul Motte, 1874
Throwback Thursday: “Enemy Mine” (1985)!
Louis Gossett Jr. passed away last week at the age of 87. While everyone else is remembering him for “An Officer and A Gentleman” (1982), we 80’s sci-fi kids are remembering him for 1985’s “Enemy Mine.”
I am linking here to Vintage Movie Trailers on Youtube, by the way.
Poster for “Alien” (1979)
20th Century Fox.
Guys, I have absolutely not joined a modern dance troupe.
That post on Monday about joining the “Apollo Fridays” dance company was absolutely an April Fool’s Day joke. If the anagram didn’t clue you in, then the villain names from FOX’s “24” probably should have (even if it’s fun to imagine Nina Meyers, Victor Drazen and Stephen Saunders conspiring to produce a national modern dance tour).
I really hope no offense was take by any of the people who believed me? The wife of one of my college buddies wanted to support me by attending a show in Washington. And another college friend actually is a modern dancer who really wanted to encourage me. You guys are all so cool, your support for my faux accomplishment actually was touching!
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