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B&W World: It! The Thing From Way the Hell Out There!

June 30th, 2009 Lileks 52 comments

“Captain, we appear to be stuck on a piece of Scotch tape.”
“Don’t worry. It’s just an optical effect.”
Go HERE, then by all means stop back to discuss. 
 

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Comic Sins: the original Bulls-Eye

June 30th, 2009 Lileks 22 comments

 
Poor fellow can’t even keep his mask on straight. But that’s not the least of his problems. Go HERE.

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Tuesday, June 30

June 30th, 2009 Lileks 40 comments

Monday was one of those days that felt off and wrong from the start, and never lost the off-kilter feel. Five hours of sleep will do that to you, I suppose. Cool day, which was part of the problem. Breezy and cloudy and moody; the sun had no heft. You hate to spend a June [...]

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I like this

June 29th, 2009 Lileks 10 comments

I just do. (via Cartoon Brew.) Watched the video, bought the song. And that’s how it’s supposed to work!

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Monday Matchbook

June 29th, 2009 Lileks 30 comments

Once upon a time, only a few people had custom avatars. Go HERE.

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Monday, June 29

June 29th, 2009 Lileks 36 comments

Sitting outside, nursing sore muscles. Just heard the screech of a bottle rocket blocks away, a bright white fingernail on the Chalkboard of Night. (Capitalization to indicate overwriting.) Now and then the scent of gunpowder wafts in, and it’s lovely. But it means we’re coming to the second great tentpole of summer; after young June, [...]

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100 Mysteries: that’s HEDDY

June 26th, 2009 Lileks 33 comments

To tell you the truth, I’m not sure they wore that pattern in . . . in a certain part of town, shall we say. But you’ll know more, MUCH more, after this week’s installment. Go HERE. 

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Friday! June 26

June 26th, 2009 Lileks 86 comments

Hot, busy. Heading towards a Friday night that seems utterly unearned, but I’ll take it anyway. 
It’s expected that you should comment on the passing of famous people if they’re high up in the pop empyrean. I think I’d have more to say if Jackson’s music made the same sort of elemental connection I felt with [...]

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First Day Covers: the update

June 25th, 2009 Lileks 12 comments

Who’s this cheerful fellow? Start HERE for this week’s collection of artists.

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Thursday, June 25

June 25th, 2009 Lileks 91 comments

While daughter did karate I had supper at the authentic, i.e. filthy, burrito shop in the strip mall. The guy behind the counter had the exact expression you’d expect of a man who worked in a place where everyone had the beans. I sat next to four of the loudest, dumbest people I’ve met this [...]

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