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Awesome | Bearded | Coffee Drinker. Grad student, theater techie, & Interfaith minister. Comics, pop-culture, 80s tunes. One half of bookendedbycats.com. More at linktr.ee/brainwise. (he/him) | Joined Bluesky July 2023

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Originally posted 9 years ago, here's a little post we did about storing and retrieving your comic-con gear.

bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2015/06/sdcc...

If we were to update this post, what changes or additions would you suggest? #SDCC #ComicCon #Prep #Storage #BookendedByCats

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I planted sunflower seeds in 2022. In 2023, my planting was delayed due to the fence replacement project. Still, two legacy sunflowers were on the way as of a year ago yesterday. Contrast that with the current spate of sunflowers, which includes two that are taller than I am!

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"We used it all to fight a war that neither side could win | Hah, well, Vietnam was Little League compared to where we've been"
–a line from Hüsker Dü's "Newest Industry. Unfortunately, still relevant 40 years later. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5n7...

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This week on the Friday #80s Flashback, it's a twofer of double albums! It's ZEN ARCADE by Hüsker Dü and DOUBLE NICKELS ON THE DIME by Minutemen. Both were released on July 3, 1984, and turned 40 this week!
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2024/07/frid...

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Internet Archive has restored the MTV News archives with a searchable database. (July 3, 2024) exclaim.ca/music/articl...

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July 4, 2024: Teaser trailer for AMERICAN SIKH drops and announces that the movie will be released to the public in September 2024!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV_E...

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Ooooh, I like that!

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If a band was named "Structural Stigmata," what kind of music would they play?

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It's a definitive statement, and a chilling start to the week.

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Stunning clouds over our neighborhood this evening. #sunset #sky #clouds #BucksCounty #PA

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Concrete hedgehog is very excited about the latest sprouts.

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Yay!

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I bought a pile of backissues at Comic Zen in Lansdale, PA, this afternoon. Here's a sample of the comic goodness. #comics #backissues

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New rope, and new location, for the bunny-on-a-swing sculpture. After setting up the concrete bunny, I saw an actual bunny dart into the daisies.

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Put that collar on him!

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This week on the Friday #80s Flashback, we are celebrating a 40-year (purple) reign by Prince. PURPLE RAIN was released 40 years ago this week (June 25, 1984)! This record features "When Doves Cry," "Let's Go Crazy", and "Purple Rain." #music
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Still flying. And doing so in style because these arrived today: The SERENITY Soundtrack in Browncoat vinyl and CD editions! #Firefly #Serenity #Shiny

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I turn my back on the web for an afternoon, and Paramount goes all "Get rid of the evidence!" What the flipping Hel? This cannot possibly help their fire sale, right?

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At least the third one was actually on my to-do list for today. But only because I didn't do it the last two days.

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[1] Went through an email backlog, [2] collated a pile of art prints and original art, [3] vacuumed the house, and [4] cleaned out a junk drawer.

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I have ADD, and I'm a procrastinator. The two often go together. So, while I meant to do homework today (complete learning goal outlines, write a verbatim), I instead:

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Social Media Roaches.

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Happy 35th anniversary to Tim Burton's BATMAN, which hit theaters on June 23, 1989. 🦇🃏🎥

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#Batman #Batman89 #movie #TimBurton #June23 #Keaton

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"Humility, chum." (Wonder Woman Vol. 6 #10) Image: Jonathan Kent (Superman's son) admonishes Damien Wayne (Batman's son) as they both attempt to help "Lizzie" Marston Prince (daughter of Wonder Woman from a possible future) untangle her kite's string.

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This week on the Friday #80s Flashback, we're looking back on the debut album from The Art of Noise: WHO'S AFRAID OF THE ART OF NOISE? turns 40 years old this week!
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And now, here's a pair of my old Tonka Trucks, a dump truck and a scraper, newly repurposed as planters in my backyard. Hoping for zinnias and mixed wildflowers to sprout soon! Note: The brick in the back of the dump truck is my attempt to prevent the potting soil from being washed out.

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"Slouka ... suggests that idle time provides people with the chance to reflect on their values, beliefs, commitments to justice, and strategies for enacting change."

Read: Doing Nothing Has Never Been More Important (by Kate J. Neville for THE WALRUS | June 13, 2024)
thewalrus.ca/doing-nothin...

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I just replied, and then added another one, to a tweet. But like Tootsie Pops, maybe three is the magic number?

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After you visit the world's largest statue of a squirrel holding a pecan, you can shuffle on over to a nearby vending machine stocked with pecan pies. The pies are full-sized as well as homemade, and the machine is replenished daily.
www.atlasobscura.com/places/pecan...

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Clearview AI Used Your Face. Now You May Get a Stake in the Company. - The facial recognition start-up doesn’t have the funds to settle a class-action lawsuit, so lawyers are proposing equity for those whose faces were scraped from the internet.
Via NYT: www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/t...

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There's a Strongbad song to be composed from this scenario.

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Yeah, that and the fact that I didn't get back into comics until 1988/9, so I experienced that wave as a reader in retrospect. Just wondering if you had a second panel.

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I don't suppose you could use me on a panel? (Probably not the one you mentioned last night, but if you're running more than one...?)

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Oh, good flipping lords. That' full of nope.

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When you're dead, but you still want to surf. Image: "Fraternal Lodge Skeleton Banner" (1870–1880). Paintings, stenciled paint on cotton cloth. Ricco/Maresca on artnet.

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Serge with the hot Adobe commentary. (Description: A suit wearing robot, with the Adobe logo for its head, looks over the shoulder of an artist, who is holding an iPad, and says, "Nice drawing... Can I have it? Just kidding. I don't have to ask...")

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