Baby, It’s Cold Outside…

I got such a kick out of this:

Another version:

Larry

A Tribute

I have a habit of making post titles a bit ambiguous. Doing that lures in unwary and curious readers! Worked again, didn’t it!

What the hell happened to Bill Watterson, the writer and illustrator of the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip? I and other members of my family used to love that strip. It was a brilliant contribution to the drab newspapers of the day. Here’s a holiday tribute to the man’s work:

Curious as to how this video was made? Go here:

http://downinfront.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=736

Larry

Scalzi, Smeagol, Etc.

I’m pretty fond of John Scalzi. He’s a deft and witty writer, and every now and then I go to his site and see what he’s been up to. This is a sequence of tweets he posted while watching a Lord Of The Rings cable-TV marathon; I thought it was quite amusing, but wouldn’t make much sense if you haven’t seen the movies:

Lord Of The Tweets

Only a few minutes later a dubstep treatment of a Gollum scene which Scalzi had mentioned appeared on Youtube:

Larry

All In The Family Debate

Thanks go to Greta Christina for the link to this classic TV clip:

Larry

Another Thanksgiving

Here’s another good graphic offering from Grant Snider:

I like his work, and you can see more of it here

Incidental Comics

Last Thanksgiving Day I was at a low point in my life, as documented here:

Thanksgiving 2010

Things are marginally better for me now, thanks to some help from my parents; I lived with them last winter while I tried to figure out what to do with what remains of my life.

I’m solvent enough to maintain a place to live and internet access, like food and water for me.

I’m thankful that my health has been good and that I can eat well, as I have to admit that I cook well! Reading, music, and correspondence with certain distant friends (you know who you are!) keeps me happy.

I hope that whoever wanders by here has a good day today!

Larry

Somalia As Beach Paradise

This video is scathing and funny satire, mocking the pretensions of libertarians, tea-partiers, and their ilk who tend to take for granted the manifold benefits of living in a stable but deeply flawed society:

Larry

Scenes From My Writing Workshop

I suspect that cartoonist Grant Snider visited my shop one day when I was off at work and sketched some of my tools:

I’m quite fond of Grant’s work; you can see more of it here, and even buy posters!

Incidental Comics

My Personification Press was given to me by a grateful grove of talking trees!

Larry

Space…

I have no idea of who did this clever graphic, but over 3600 people on Facebook have already “liked” it.

I want a keyboard like this!

I must confess that it took me a minute to ‘get’ this!

Larry

Pre-Hallowe’en Post

I have some good stuff for a pagan holiday cooking slowly on the back burner, but in the meantime I wanted to share a very clever photo which my friend Claire posted on Facebook. I got a kick out of this:

That photo tells a story, doesn’t it?

Larry

Everything’s Amazing and Nobody’s Happy

It’s a lazy Sunday. I’m in a bit of a daze from being up during the wee hours, driving on gravel roads two nights in a row. What year is this again? Should I be feeling happy or sad? I’ll get it all figured out eventually!

I have some pretty decent dawn photos from Saturday morning which need to be processed, along with writing some text to accompany them. Yawn! Maybe later… in the meantime here’s a brilliant bit of social commentary by comedian Louis CK, the heir apparent to George Carlin and Richard Pryor.

Maybe I’ll take a nap…

Larry