Monthly Archives: June 2013

Video Friday

Posted on 21 June 2013 by Robert

Today it’s all about stop-motion animation, a technique I love and admire (can you imagine the patience it takes to film a stop-motion film?). Here are three short films that use the technique for very different effects. First up is … Continue reading →

Posted in Video Friday | Tagged Antonio Martinez, circus, dryplate tinypes, Eduard Taberner, Facundo Ferreyra, Gypsophilia, Horska (song), Jason Levangie, music videos, Near the Egress (short), short films, Sticky Man (short), stop-motion animation, Sydney Smith | Comments Off

Magpie Monday on Wednesday

Posted on 19 June 2013 by Robert

Welcome to another installment of Magpie Monday on Wednesday. Here’s your silverware and a napkin—now tuck in! ◊ SHE BLINDED ME … WITH SCIENCE! Astronomy: Gaze upon all of Mercury for the first time ever: Biology: Scientists discover an entire … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged Anne Neville, Bar None, Batgirl, Batman, Batwoman, Betty & Vernoica, biodiversity, bioluminescence, Boing Boing, BootlessinWonderland, Bottleneck Gallery, cake, Captain America, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Celia Moase, cheetah, Christopher Coleman, comic books (experimental), Convos with My 2-Year Old, Dame Judi Dench, dance, Deakin University Library, Dua's layer, Elizabeth Woodville, fairies, fireflies, Godzilla (1954), Gojira (1954), Google, Green Hill Cheese, ice sheets, Japan, Jawa (cake), Jill Thompson, John W. Doull Bookseller, Jorge Cham, Kate Beaton, Margaret Beaufort, Marko Manev, Mercury, Mick Gray, MivTheVampire, monotribe synthesizer (cake), Mutants, National Candy Month, National Confectioners Association, Nestlé Alpine White, Patrick Gleason, Pawws, PB Max, quantum physics, Sembikiya, Snow White, stereotypes, street art, Superman, Sushi Yasuda, Sweet Grass Dairy, The Court of Owls, The Mundaneum, The Secret Garden, The Simpsons, The Ventriloquist, The White Queen, trees, Troy McClure, Yume Cyan | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 17 June 2013 by Robert

All that was bright and shiny in my eye last week (with more to come on Wednesday)… ♦ THE BOOK NOOK. I love how the shelf dividers curve at the ceiling in the Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn, NYC. Via.

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged 300, 300: Rise of an Empire, A Visit to the House on Terminal Hill by Elizabeth Knox, Alexander Puvilland, Arianrhod, Avengers: Endless Wartime, Beth Galton, Bibliophilism (2006) by Pamela Paulsrud, Billy Paul, book stacking, butterbeer cupcakes, Captain Marvel, Carolina Charm, cauliflower, Chuck Wendig, Complaint of Achilles' Heel by Charles Jensen, cookies, Criterion, Cut Food (photographic series), Daily Science Fiction, Dude Food Magic Bars, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Elysium, Emily Blunt, Farrar Strauss & Giroux, flax-golden tales, Frank Bidart, Galactus, Greenlight Bookstore (Brooklyn), Hades, Howards End, Hunger, In A World..., iTray, Jason Keith, Jason Kong, Jodie Foster, Joe Hill, John Green, Jordan Mechner, Kali, Katana, Keanu Reeves, Kindle Fire skins, Kristin Rosenau, La Belle et la Bête, Lady Elocutionist, Lake Bell, LeUyen Pham, Man of Tai Chi, Marnie Bullock Dresser, Me and Mrs. Jones (song), Michael Bublé, Mike Lewis, Mike McKone, Ned Vizzini, Neil Gaiman, Nightcrawler, Note to Self by Hans Hergot, org, Paul Kirsch, Persephone, Peter M. Lenkov, Pictures in Crayon by Elizabeth Shack, Pine Bark, poets, Porn & Revolution in the Peaceable Kingdom by Micaela Morrissette, Post by Molly Brooks, R.I.P.D., Reba McIntire, Rebecca Joines Schinsky, Rest In Peace Department, Rosemary's Baby, Seven-Layer Bars, sexism and misogyny, Shadow Man by Cynthia D. Grant, Six Fairy Tales for the Modern Woman by Renee Lupica, strawberry sour cream pie, sundried tomato, Superman, TARDIS, tempeh, Templar (graphic novel), Templar Knights, The Hairpin, The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (song), The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Super Team Family Blog, The Tiny Maybe-Witches Down the Street by Erin Morgenstern, The Vintner's Luck, The Walking Ched, Theodora Goss, Three Wishes by Melissa Mead, Thug Kitchen, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, True Love by Alex Shvartsman, Twitter, Twitter poetry, Vicki Lawrence, Warren Ellis, What Is True by Ben Kopel, witches, Wolverine, Wonder Woman, writing advice, YO! burger, YO! Sushi, Zen Pencils, Zombie Burger + Drink Lab | Comments Off

Video Friday

Posted on 14 June 2013 by Robert

More short films from my backlog! Today’s unifying idea is robots, though, in fairness, robots are incidental in the first film, and I might be stretching the idea of robots by including it (I’m assuming the walker machines we see … Continue reading →

Posted in Video Friday | Tagged Aaron Sims, Antonio Perez, Archetype (short film), Closest to the Hole Productions, Gerard Butler, Gumdrop (short film), Iron Man 2, Kerry Conran, Mark Walhberg, Ricardo de Montreuil, robots, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Stephen Lawes, The Avengers, The Raven (short film), Universal, Zachary Parris | Comments Off

Magpie Monday on Wednesday

Posted on 12 June 2013 by Robert

So much interesting stuff lately I need (yet again) another day to share it all. That’s just how I roll, yo. ◊ LET’S GET HISTORICAL. Women in the 19th Century, John Green’s sixteenth Crash Course U.S. History, is pretty entertaining … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged 19th century, A Streetcar Named Desire, Aaron Paul, Adam Nevill, Adam Scott, Adam WarRock, Alec Baldwin, AmazonFresh, Amy Poehler, Amy Winfrey, animation, Artcake (Jane Zubova), Batgirl, Batman (TV series), Blue Jasmine, Breaking Bad, Brian Wood, cake, Came Back Haunted (song), Captain Krypton, Cate Blanchett, Cathy Day, Chuck Wendig, Comic Sans, Craig Leyenaar, Crash Course U.S. History, Daenerys Targaryen, dialogue, Doctor Who, donuts, dragons, Eartha Kitt, Eric Guzman, Essra Mohawk, Fables, film trailers, Francesca Ramos, Gabi Jguma, Game of Thrones, grammar, Grayson: Earth One, Haikus of Regret, Hart to Hart, If a Child Is Born (song), In the Flesh (TV series), Jane Yolen, Jessica Hynes, John Green, John Rogers, Julie Newmar, Karen Gillan, Kelly Thompson, Lauren Beukes, Luc Besson, Luke Newberry, Marc Osborn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mighty Avengers, Mike Lacher, Ms. Marvel, Ms. Wonder, Neil Gaiman, Nine Inch Nails, Not Another Happy Ending, Olivier Coipel, One Wipe Charlies, PDS (Partially Deceased Syndrome), Peleș Castle, poetry, portable farms, Rachelle Gardner, Rebel Donuts, Robert DeNiro, Ruiz Burgos, Schoolhouse Rock!, short-story collections (how-to), Sodabit, Spaced, style sheets, Sufferin' 'til Suffrage, suffragettes, Superman, Tangled, The Amazing Spider-Bat, The Family (film), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Mary Sue, The Shining Girls, The Super Team Family Blog, Tommy Lee Jones, Up the Women, virtual supermarkets, Wonder Woman, Woody Allen, writer tricks, X-Men, Yvonne Craig, zombies | Comments Off

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