Friday 12 January 2024

so i tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time (11. 260)

A talented tattoo artist in Birmingham called Jon Arton shared some of their handiwork in rather epic form with Grampa Abe Simpson surrounded by a scroll that relates the long and rambling story that goes nowhere from the 1993 episode “Last Exit to Springfield” in order, conscripted as a strike buster, that distracts Mr Burns and helps convince him that Homer, as union leader for the power plant workers, is a master strategist and should concede to their demands. See the the tattoo and the original clip from season four, episode seventeen at the link above. My story begins in nineteen-dickey-two…

synchronoptica

one year ago: the manual on uniform traffic control devices, assorted links worth revisiting plus pioneers in cryogenics

two years ago: suits for hostile architecture plus a convocation from Toni Morrison

three years ago: more wonder turners plus Ezekiel 25:17

four years ago: The House that Screamed (1970), St Aelred, an urban forest, a disclaimer, a consortium of Parisian museums plus Sir Ian McKellen’s LOTR blog

five years ago: flower supersenseBaby Shark plus a trip to Ohrdruf