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From Visualized Business Law, 1952
Plunging further into my book collection. This comes from one edition of a series of illustrated texts.
The guy at the bottom of the first cartoon looks so damn rueful. "They'll pay! They'll all pay!"
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The Things I Think About
I was recalling the scene in Wonder Boys where Michael Douglas' agent, played by Robert Downey, Jr., discovers the writing genius of James Leer, Tobey Maguire's character. Shortly thereafter Downey and Maguire's characters, who are both gay, hit the sheets, which is all touching and shit because Tobey's character is suicidal and closeted, but this ( Read more... ) -
Animation by Harry Smith of the Anthology of American Folk Music
I finally saw some footage of Mr. Smith. I could have gone without hearing that wormy voice. -
Terrifying Animated Jacob Marleys
I saw each of these exactly once in my childhood. That was enough.
Zip up to 5:20, at 5:58, Jesus Christ! Dig the momentary Victorian Jazz soundtrack at 1:21. Beautifully animated, by the by.
Spookiness at :42 Eastern European Hanna Barbera animated mindfuck.
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Reading Through Ex Machina, Up to Book Three
Mitchell Hundred is kind of a douche, isn't he? I know Vaughan is trying to present him as an enlightened, nonpartisan politico, but he seems to be listing toward the too-common attitude that he must be in office because he's meant to be there, and he alone must make the difficult decisions, right or wrong. I think the part that made me vomit was ( Read more... )
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