The con crud I got from my reunion trip left me too wiped to get any movie reviews written, but bey, it’s October 31st …
First, from our local Walgreens.
From a store we sometimes stop at when we’re taking the dogs to PT.
A house in our neighborhood.
And a little black cat Trixie and I spotted just off the local walking paths a few weeks baack.
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Just back from travel to Fort Walton Beach for my 50th high school reunion (details and photos to follow eventually ) so only a quick post today. I saw this meme and I love it (though I don’t know who to credit as the source).
Happy Tuesday.
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I found this in the Nasher Art Museum gift shop during our recent visit.
Like many of the volumes in Abe Books’ Weird Books Room, I find this less of a weird book than a highly specialized one. Which is cool: even if it doesn’t grab me, I love that there’s a niche market out there for subjects like this. What does surprise me, though you can’t tell from the photo, is that it’s a very thick book. I think that’s because it’s got color charts like the one on the cover for most of the mushroom-based dyes, which takes up space.
Happy Friday!
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Tuesday, I shared some photos of our recent visit to the Nasher Museum of Art. There was also a display of African masks and helmets there; I figured I’d save that up for its own post.
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Back in 1819, the government commissioned a printer to make copies of the Declaration of Independence. When one of them showed up at the Nasher Museum of Art last month, TYG and I went to take a look.
As TYG says, it’s remarkable such a landmark document is so brief. And how amazing the penmanship is given it was written with a quill pen — hell, I couldn’t write that neatly with any pen.
Of course we took in the other exhibits too. Starting with MamaRay by Wangechi Mutu, which looks even better outdoors.
Clodion’s Vestal Virgin.
Walter Quirt’s Death Wish.
Persephone Returns by Helen Lundeberg
The Blood-Soaked South by Lynette Yiadom Boakye
And this memorable photo by Bruce Davidson, Time of Change.
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Durham recently did some road repair. They left the old asphalt in a pile on our corner until the end of the day.
I found it an interesting sight, obviously. So did the Plush One.
Plushie being Plushie, I think he would happily have licked the edges to see what they taste like. I did not give him the opportunity.
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Recently TYG took me to see the Salix Piano Trio at Duke’s Baldwin Auditorium. As I’m rushed for time, today’s post is some photos I took of Baldwin. The performance was excellent too, particularly the Mozart.
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Because there’s cool science stuff out there too. To start with, Popular Science tackled a question I’m sure we’ve all wondered about: what kind of animal is the Muppet Gonzo the Great?
Meet the tilcayo, the first new cat species identified in a century.
Scientists are trying to recreate the sounds of Jurassic era insect life.
How about practical science: how often should you replace your kitchen sponge?
A completely 100 percent serious documentary will answer the big science question: “Amid claims that the Sun sustains life on Earth, despite the fact that it vanishes with staggering regularity, the series asks: Where does the Sun really go every night? How is it apparently massive but looks smaller than your hand? And is there any truth in one of humanity’s greatest fears: that it keeps getting eaten by a dragon?” Yes, it’s a parody.
Space X’s satellite network may be leaking radio signals so badly they’re interfering with radio telescopes. And satellites in general are proving an easy way to hack into private data.
“Thankfully, radium-coated cookware never gained great popularity. Promising to be impervious to acid and grease, to never burn or stick, X-Radium Cooking Utensils (below) were advertised at a moment when the element was finding its way into all sorts of consumer products, whether as an additive or just as a futuristic name.” — from an article about the science of cookware.
Cheryl Rofer on why Havana Syndrome is not the result of a Russian super-weapon.
Kamandi cover by Jack Kirby. All rights to images remain with current holders.
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I know I blogged about wine labels Wednesday but I figured I’d save these three matching labels for today.
As with so many labels, I’m not sure the mustache and glasses scream Drink Me. But then we get this one—
Here we do indeed have the mustache hidden. But then there’s the third photograph—
Am I right the woman’s glasses are the hidden mustache? Or is it so hidden we can’t see it? Also this is the first time I noticed the label catchphrase, “I mustache you a question.”
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Title riffs on Orson Welles’ commercials for Paul Masson wine. Because yes, it’s another wine label photography post.
I’m puzzled how that image suggests “Bodyguard” or for that matter wine. Though it is pretty.
This one looks very vineyard though it’s also less memorable.
This one is more memorable but again, what’s the connection between storm spirits and wine?
My favorite of this week’s labels, though I’m not sure “Rabble” really screams Drink Me. Nor do I see the kind of mob scene I’d associate with Rabble on the label.
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