“Scene from the Era of Norwegian Sagas,” Knud Baade, 1850

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Photo credit: “Fantasibilde fra den norske sagatid,” Knud Baade, 1850, via Wikimedia Commons

Throwback Thursday: Mary Washington College Theater posters!

It’s just wild what you can locate in the new digital archives for the college — here are posters from two theater productions in 1990, “Twelfth Night” and “The Blood Knot.”

I wasn’t in either of these shows.  (I don’t think I was ever in a major production; I was only in the smaller Theater Workshop productions.)  I couldn’t find any posters for the smaller plays that I appeared in.

But I attended and enjoyed both of these.

Actor Alums — you can check out the entire poster archive right here:

http://archive.umw.edu:8080/vital/access/manager/Collection/umw:1322

[Edit: I just noticed that the poster for “The Blood Knot” lists its venue as “Studio 13” — this was the slightly less than opulent stage better known as “The Black Box!”  I had a hand-scrawled poster for it — I gave it to Russell Morgan when he graduated.]

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“The Divine World,” Kahlil Gibran

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“Four Devils, One Hell”

I recently passed this along to a friend — “Grendel Tales: Four Devils, One Hell” is easily one of the best comic stories I’ve ever read.  I want to call it a limited series, but “Grendel Tales” was an ongoing 1990’s anthology series with individual stories that took place in the expansive “Grendel” universe established by the genius Matt Wagner.

The story is by James Robinson, the art is by Teddy Kristiansen.  [Edit: the covers below actually were painted by Wagner himself.]

It’s a mixture of crime noir, drug-addled fantasy, apocalyptic fiction, a conspiracy mystery, good old vampire horror and a kick-ass New Orleans party story.  It deserves a 10 out of 10.

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Virus Haiku

I’m really sick, but

Water, coffee and cough drops

Will make me DAMN FINE.

I know this is terrible humor. I KNOW this is terrible humor.

But, damn it, I can’t help at least smiling at the “Bert Is Evil” memes.

They’re both whimsical and darkly tasteless to me, and … they just seem to suggest something that a lot of us instinctively knew all along …

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“Odin the Wanderer,” Georg von Rosen, 1886

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My friend Jaine found this mystery poem in her attic.

It now adorns her fridge.

The details of its origin can only be guessed at.  We can conclude it’s old, though — that cursive writing can only be a relic of an age when computer keyboards were not heavily relied upon.

I am tagging “Harry Brandenburg” and “Mary Hunley” (?) in this post.  It would be wild if some future google search by them or their loved ones alerted them to the fact that this long ago sentiment is still enjoyed by others.  Message in a bottle.

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Disturbing “Sesame Street” humor.

The Internet is AWESOME for it.

You could also call this meme “Tickle Me Oppenheimer.”

If this makes you laugh, do treat yourself to the “Bert Is Evil” phenomenon of about ten years back.

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“Midsummer Eve,” Edward Robinson, 1908

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