This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but with a “winner.”

This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but with a “winner.”

(c) Eric Robert Nolan.
Medium: Color photography. Genres: Dystopian horror, tragedy.
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I realized just last night that there are actually people walking around with the surname “Faust.”
I sooooo want a friend with that name so I can repeatedly ask them every weekend if they want to go bargain hunting with me.
We’d have a great deal of fun, is what I’m saying.
I’d challenge every opinion they express, on any subject — even the weather. When they got fed up, I’d wink and tell them I’m just playing devil’s advocate.

Ludwig Devrient als Faust 1873, Holzstich nach F. Th. Hildebrandt
If you see an abundance of “The Thing” or “Blade Runner” posts today, it’s because both films opened in theaters 38 years ago today.
We … need a holiday or something. But “Thing/Blade Day” sounds too much like “Sling Blade Day.”
Anyway, both films resonate just fine in 2020 America. “The Thing” is predicated on paranoia about those around you. “Blade Runner” is technically about cruelty to illegal immigrants — and how “human” we all are depending on our reaction to that.
Hey … let’s not even get started on (the overrated) fan favorite “Tron,” also released in 1982. If you want to talk about a movie about a guy trapped in a virtual world and its parallels to the social media age, then I’m gonna need some more coffee.


Given the state of our country, I feel certain that means I’ll wind up on some sort of watch list.
Update: I SWEAR to you something just started beeping and I don’t know what it is.
Update 2: Nah, it’s totally cool. It’s this little Altec speaker I got for Christmas. Not sure why it beeps, though.

A pal of mine gave me this N99 mask. Little could she know that she would inadvertently AWAKEN AN ANCIENT WARRIOR. The time has come to put my lengthy and grueling ninjutsu training to work.
Ignore the wisps of gray hair. That’s … part of the ninja disguise.
