Cover to “Kingdom Come, The 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition,” Alex Ross, 2016

DC Comics.

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“One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language.”

“One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language.  That is our country, our fatherland – and no other.”

— Emil Cioran, Anathemas and Admirations, 1987




Haven’t you heard? The bird is the word.

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‘Tis the (Halloween) Season!

A friend of mine decorated her house for Halloween, and I thought this one shelf looked so cool that it would be an awesome picture with which to start October.  She let me share it here.  (This is the same person who who made me my super-cool Halloween decorations a while back.)

I told her that those bird people reminded me of the Taheen, a unsettling race of beings in Stephen King’s The Dark Tower multiverse.  She couldn’t really appreciate the reference, as she is not a King fan the way I am.  And, if you think about it, the Taheen are kinda hard to explain to the uninitiated.



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“Witches’ Sabbath,” Hans Baldung Grien, 1510

Woodcut.

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Throwback Thursday: “Going In Style” (1979)

Does anyone else remember the original “Going In Style” (1979), with George Burns, Art Carney and Lee Strasburg? It was a really funny movie in which three old men become bank robbers.

It got its share of air time on 1980’s television; it was actually a big family favorite. I’d been looking around for information about it for years (because movie trivia keeps me up at night), but I remembered the title wrong — I kept thinking of “The Sunshine Boys” (1975), which was a different George Burns movie entirely.

They actually remade the movie 2017 with Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin.



Cover to “Photoplay” #9, September 1960

Macfadden Publications.

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“Tea, Earl Grey, hot.”

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Cover to “The Unexpected” #155, Nick Cardy, 1974

DC Comics.

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(I was actually only thinking about sliced cheese, though.)

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Nurse Your Favorite Heresies in Whispers