Darren says his old Killer Eagle Christmas card is unavailable in my archives. Must fix!
Tag: Random Weirdness
Going Postal
Your tax dollars at work. As Dave Barry would say, I am not making this up.
Pavarotti and..
I’l forgive Dreher his pitbull post for his link to this utterly surreal You- Tube video (and catch that otherwise inexplicable shot of Grace Jones at the beginning and the one of– I think– Lou Reed at the end).
Cairo Salukis
I knew that southern Illinois was called “Little Egypt” I knew its “capitol” was called Cairo (pronounced “Kayro”.) But I never dreamed that there was a football team called the Salukis.
“By morning, the mass of mewling fluff had become quite suffocating”
Words fail me. Of course if you are not familiar with the works of Edward Gorey this will make no sense at all. HT Odious.
Things I truly do not get..
Camo Bibles? (HT Margory C).
McLoughlin!
My old friend John McLoughlin, zoologist, evolutionist, novelist, and artist, came down to visit from his hideout in the northern mountains to visit Magdalena (always referred to as “Down Among the Wild Men”) for the first time in 23 years. He brought his three daughters and his grandson, and a fine time was had by …
Utter Coincidence
Reid’s recommendation of the new bio of Denys Finch Hatton got me thinking about some very strange similarities between some photos. Here is the photo of Betsy Huntington that the Russ Chatham painting on the cover of Querencia- the- book is based on: Here is a photo of Karen Blixen that I didn’t see until …
Around The Web
This has to be the most… original… variation on the fish/ Darwin/ whatever sticker I have seen yet. HT Doc Hypercube for the site. I’m sorry, but I can’t warm to control freaks, especially ones that are known to freak out about people owning animals (ferrets in one case I know). This is Rudy in …