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“Forest Before the Storm,” Ivan Shishkin, 1872

Oil on canvas.

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My Facebook friends wanted me to make a meme out of my Ellen Ripley post.

So here it is.

Okay … in a deleted scene for “Aliens” (1986), Ripley is shown to have had a child, blah, blah, blah. But deleted scenes are not canon, My Dudes.

Postscript —  my fellow nerds know that this message works equally well with Ms. Selina Kyle.



Ben there.

Source: Shadows Within My Mind on Facebook

Cover to “House of Secrets” #113, Jack Sparling, 1973

DC Comics.

Erasmus predicts Dunning-Kruger.

“The Fool” from “Basel’s Dance of Death” by Matthäus Merian, 17th Century

Waiter? CHECK, please.

Hey, I do realize that there are certain gifted individuals among us who can tell that something is “fake” simply because they dislike it.  So fact-checking is really only necessary for those of us who lack such rarefied discernment.

“Starry Night in Roanoke”

An art teacher at Roanoke Catholic School painted the city in the style of Vincent Van Gogh, and it’s pretty neat.  You can see here at the website for WFXR (Fox).



“To improve is to change …”

This is an apocryphal quote, so … caveat emptor.

With apologies to The Coasters …

They’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats!
Yakety Yak!
DON’T TALK FACTS.