Come lovely and soothing death, Undulate round the world, serenely arriving,...
The world needs more Walt Whitman / John Betjeman mash-ups.[From an Alicublog thread]
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Not even wrong
From Wellington's Paper of Record Note: If you can extract any gist out of the whole incoherent compendium of platitudes then you are doing better than I.Doug Bailey is apparently "a former lawyer and...
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Fairy moans
Image stolen from Debbie ViessI am able to report that Thursday Mycology Nights at the Old Entomologist have returned to their customary state of comity and tranquillity. Things were fraught and...
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Recurring themes in English absurdist humour #189
'Mosquito' is one of those words where the longer you stare at it, the funnier it sounds.OK, all words are like that. Something something Zika virus something GMO mosquitos.
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"Let's de-clutter the Opinions section of all those toxic columns compendia...
It has been brought to my attention that I have been lardering wrong all this time. These days, it appears, no-one clutters up their kitchen cupboards with anything as gauche as provisions. It's all...
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Oh gentlemen, with your fish That you surround, all around
Tigris wondered what had happened to the Riddled goldfish Delilah and Sigismund, during her absence from the office to attend the VIIth Annual Developments in Advanced Meeting Protocol conference in...
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Immoral porpoise seeks staid lions for mutual mynah-transporting [Now the...
How many other blogs bring you shocking footage of an exhibitionist whale indulging his erotic-asphyxiation choke fetish, in front of families, while wearing a Scramble Suit to conceal his...
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Then the lightning flashing (flashing crashing)Fireworks shooting up in her...
I have only now been apprised of Professor Michael Persinger's unique and challenging contribution to science, "On the Possible Representation of the Electromagnetic Equivalents of All Human Memory...
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I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space,...
The post accompanying this title has disappeared, presumed eaten by a blind pig that mistook it for a truffle.
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How many other blogs bring you Classic Selfie-with-Lions Paintings?
Second in a series.[Thx BBBB for reminder]
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Our black goes up to 11 *
Anish Kapoor has been working with Fuligin (the colour that is blacker than black) for a year or so now, producing such works as "The Shadow of the Torturer", a natural progression from his earlier...
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From the annals of None-more-Blackness: Bitumen edition
There is a movie waiting to be made about shenanigans in the English arts scene of the late 18th century. For the milieu encouraged wild experimentation with new pigments and techniques, but also...
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Every day is Irony Day
1. Hawkes Bay dairy farmers complain that someone upstream is polluting their river. "You can't go fishing in that, can't go swimming in that, it's a disgrace really. Stock can't drink it and pumps...
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Brawndo's got what Astroturf craves
Establishment Republican astroturfers launched an advertising campaign calling attention to Donald Trump's contempt for women (presumably hoping to reduce his support).That made such a big difference...
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Way TMI
I knew it was a mistake to turn to the "Celebrity Farts" section of the Com-Post.
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Derpsichorean muse
Sam Beckett had his characters discuss the best way of extracting entertainment from Lucky: VLADIMIR: I’d like well to hear him think.ESTRAGON: Perhaps he could dance first and think afterwards, if it...
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Not to go on all-fours; that is the Law. Are we not Men? Not to suck up...
So there was this flurry of speculationa few years ago, as to who might be behind the ArcSurvival scam. Which was aimed at a small audience of guileless suckers who combined (a) terrified belief in the...
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Things that seemed a good idea at the time
1. Giving tigris a copy of the Hawksbill Station Cookbook as birthday prezzie, with all the mouthwatering recipes for grilled, baked, pan-fried trilobite. However, the ensuing picnic-oriented...
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