Barry’s BlueSky- Untitled May 17, 2024#PoliCartoon: Fat Patients, Fat Patience #FatAcceptance
- Untitled May 17, 2024Thinking of that time that Degas painted the actress Ellen Andree sitting and looking pensive in a cafe, and Monet saw Degas' painting and decided to find the same actress and get her to pose in the same cafe so he could do his own version.
- Untitled May 17, 2024Copyright claims often go too far, crushing free speech and not allowing for the way artists are influenced by, repurpose, and even coincidentally echo, other art. Not this time, though! Jeff Dieschburg is a straight-up tracer who adds NOTHING original when he paints his copies of photos. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
- Untitled May 17, 2024#PoliCartoon: Defending Free Speech
- Untitled May 17, 2024My niece dyed her hair pink but there are bees here and now they follow her around because they think she's a big flower.
- Untitled May 16, 2024The Existence of Trains Debate #PoliCartoon #Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming
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Category Archives: Popular (and unpopular) culture
Advice To Young Girls From Belle And The Little Mermaid
(Via Ms. Marx and other places. I think Bean may have emailed me these, too.)
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7 Things I Disliked In Toy Story 3
Okay, I really enjoyed this movie. It was funny, well-done, genuinely scary at times, and my eyes welled up at the expected moments. But I have complaints. (Contains spoilers). 1. The femme-baiting of Ken. Quoting Professor What If?: “As for … Continue reading
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Quick thought on "The Beast Below" (spoilers)
Regarding the big hugging scene near the end: Yes, the big whale is like the Doctor. That’s a neat parallel. Yes, as you said, the big whale is like the Doctor. Thanks. Big whale, Doctor, the same. Thank you. You … Continue reading
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Every Day is Judgement Day
This is a post about the midseason finale of Caprica. Spoilers abound, so I’m putting the rest below this musical interlude from Battlestar Galactica. “Mists of dreams drip along the nascent echo and love no more. End of line.” –Cylon … Continue reading
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Are You Awake?
Six: We’re the children of humanity. That makes them our parents in a sense. Five: True, but parents have to die. It’s the only way children can come into their own. –Battlestar Galactica, “Bastille Day” When first I wrote about … Continue reading
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Are You Ready For Some Oscars?
I don’t know about you, but I don’t see anything beating this movie:
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Random YouTubery
I still have no idea who this guy is, but the made Steven Colbert happy, and he’s Russian. Via Chris Bodenner
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Two Thumbs Up for Roger Ebert
If you’re ever feeling down about your life, feeling like you’re sick and tired of being sick and tired, just ready to give up, take a gander at how Roger Ebert is holding up. The longtime writer and movie critic … Continue reading
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All of This Has Happened Before
The recently completed Battlestar Galactica was the story of the death and rebirth of humanity and its creations, a story of humans hunted by their creations to near-extinction — only to reconcile with their creations in order to start anew … Continue reading
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