“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”
— John Adams
“Facts are stubborn things.”
Goat figure.
“Hope,” George Frederic Watts, 1886
Oil on canvas.
Quick, Robin! To the Bat-Box!!
So I can return these Bat-Books to the Bat-Library!
I’m not real clear on why the drop box in front of the Roanoke Public Library has a bat symbol on it. If I had to guess … it’s warning people about bats who might roost under its protruding slot at night? That kinda makes sense.
Downtown Roanoke is no stranger to wildlife. Just last night I saw a mid-sized raccoon scuttle up a tree right off Campbell Avenue — to the delight of a bunch of Labor Day weekend revelers returning from a bar. They were filming its hasty ascent with their cellphones. That raccoon got a lot of laughs.
Illustration of the Taoist “Taijitu” (“太極圖”) symbol
Another birthday present.
Handmade soap. I love this stuff. I don’t know why.
Cover to “Weird Science” #19, Wally Wood, 1953
EC Comics.
Throwback Thursday: the trailer for “The Lost Boys” (1987)!
A good friend of mine disclosed publicly yesterday that he had never seen “The Lost Boys” (1987). The poor, benighted soul. And this is one of my Mary Washington College alums too!! (Even his wife was taken aback at the glaring omission in his 80’s pop culture experience.)
Cover to “Detective Comics” #619, Norm Breyfogle, 1990
DC Comics.
