Detail from “The Garden of Earthly Delights,” Hieronymus Bosch, late 15th century

Oil on panel.  Right panel, upper right.

Because they can’t just … Sho Kosugi. (Okay, that was terrible.)

Dude discussing ninja movies on a Gen X Facebook page: “I’m just wondering where all the ninjas went after 1993.”

Me: “Oh, they’re still there. YOU JUST CAN’T SEE THEM.”



Cover to “Out of the Shadows” #11, 1954

Standard Comics.  I’m uncertain of the cover artist — but I have seen Ross Andru credited.

“Evening Reading,” Georg Pauli, 1884

Sign outside downtown Roanoke restaurant: “NEAT DRESS REQUIRED.”

I don’t own ANY dresses.

Seriously, though — I actually stood there for a second pondering what sort of sort of slovenly dresses women had worn in order to prompt management to make the rule. (Was it a wild Saturday night?) Because I am slow on the uptake.



“A Finch (Siskin?),” James Sowerby

Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

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