Let's just say there's been some real *combustion* in these internals, you know what I'm sayin'? "It's even more exciting, not being able to see where they lead, don't you think?" It's always brunch somewhere! Her witch hat brings all the dogs to the moors. She could walk them, but she'll stay indoors. The morning air's still crisp, best to keep the java warm. We're gonna need a bigger magnifying glass. None can contest that this hoard is mine and that it is safe in my keeping. Keep your finger on the X button, this sequence is brutal, and it goes on *forever*! Forgive me. It's not you, nor is it me, it's just autumn. It's a very slow dance, but on a truly grand scale. This little cloud of mine, I'm going to make it thine. "Sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand." -Luke Jackson, *Cool Hand Luke* (1967). Watch as these even dumber drawings speak to ravenous, feral audience! Three of two of them. Devastating momentum! (Mediocre turning radii) Our geodes runneth over. They say the only way that anyone ever comes to know her is in passing. Oh, him? He's definitely not on the list. Deception is a dish best served by an unwitting mail carrier. "When people ask me what I do in the mountains all day," the mole quipped, "I tell them I'm boring!" "Scum of the Earth, overpaid to rob anonymously from a distance" -Metric, "Doomscroller" (2022). "The Dark Wizard further encouraged me to build visualizations and tools to reinforce my superstitions." -Thomas Walter Murphy VII Can't look away, now that they've fallen into orbit. Big smile, head empty, ready to be filled with candy. You wanna know how I got these wings? Orange above, dew-chilled below. "Open up for me, Max. I've got something I want to play for you." -Barry Convex, in *Videodrome* (1983). All you need to do is turn your eyes toward the things creeping at the edge of the frame. From purple timber no good thing was ever drank. We keep it tight, you know? Gotta be there for the wolf pack. Though it be cool, and dark, much grows in the waters of the bog. Fast fashion, you say? Well, they're available for a limited time, I'll tell you that much! It's remarkable what you can turn up when you're a journalist by day. Dealer vs. dealer, the edge is going to go to whoever has more arms. Above us, the celestial fire. Below us, the infernal heat. I'm nourished by the lives that wove the web inside my haunted head. Creatures with which one might relax/ensorcel. The committee of independent consultants has decreed: It kinda seems like an extra city would just be redundant. "starting to think these maidens are stumbling in soaked through from the rain just to steal my beautiful gowns and homewear are any of you actually lost" -vamprisms, 2022-09-17 🎶If you want to destroy your reason, trace this thread to its origin.🎵 These raptors are capable of velocities their ancient ancestors could never imagine. Not sure how you can be so salty but not salt your password tables. Watch party at our place! We're going to binge Candle Cove! Feed them, Seymour. "And then he went into his office, going mrmee, mrmee, mrmee, mrmee." -Harlan Ellison, "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" (1965). "My boy says he can eat fifty eggs, he can eat fifty eggs." -Dragline, in *Cool Hand Luke* (1967). It seems you've got a reply for my every quip. You wouldn't happen to be my foil, would you? Remember, everyone, it's about what your embodying, it's about attitude, it's about transformation! Remember the four Cs of gemstones: Color, Clarity, Cut, and Cpecial Abilities. Sometimes, it's nice to visit a theme park whose theme is modest sincerity. Cogito ergo that's some people, I tell you what. Cornifer, from Hollow Knight, explores a cave described as "cold, dark, damp, and stinky." Stay outta my personal space! Following the upheaval, life must go on. "The biblical Tower of Babel was built so high as to defy understanding. Those who built it began to talk nonsense. The tower could no longer be comprehended. There was simply too much of it." -Jon Bois, "Troy State 253, DeVry 141" a.k.a. "We're Serious About Success" (2017). "I was an animal then. Behind all this, I'm an animal now, and someday, some grim situation or another will, with its claws, steal from me my humanity and leave me for a moment in philosophy a shattering animal. Today, I'd like to hope that's not me. I'm not there. I'm here. I will always be right here." -Tim Rogers, "action button reviews boku no natsuyasumi" (2022). “Sax, who's paying for all this?” Sax tilted his head, blinked. “The sun.” -Kim Stanley Robinson, *Red Mars* I shall stop and think, from time to time, and from the ocean of my mind, I will pluck a memory of you, and smile. If the bounty of the earth is sate my every hunger, why do I still feel uneasy? Let me tell you, when these gummies hit, they *really hit!* Birk a bork today, and you'll both bark at a berk tomorrow! Is this your first time on the path? Knuckles the echidna said "Fuck TERFs" and it roared across the battlefield from his mech's broadcast system. Why is it that the owner class so frequently don't have any class at all? I hear that there's no comparison, that this is peak duck! The bigger they are, the harder these little guys bring them down. "As long as the lookout manages to stay hidden, you can hide here as long as it takes to recover." "We will be the hands that lift you up and we will be the arms that hold you high. We will make you say our name forever. We will make you want another try." -Röyksopp, "Skulls" Crossing the veil's not so hard when you can relax to fill the contain you've been placed in. Crowds part when I go out on the town with my ball & chain. I don't know where this idea comes from that we're the quiet types. We're chattin' about delicious mortals all the time! Everything just gets more imposing with adulthood, doesn't it? Next stop: Exceeding 300 kilometers per hour! Look, everyone, I'm sure one of us is going to crack their ICE eventually! When the only tool you've got is a lever, every problem looks like a fulcrum. All it takes is just one dropship, order yours today! Welcome to the haunted world of HORRIBO. "And bein' the baller that I am, I talk to them; Givin' a damn about them not feelin' my attitude." -Chamillionaire, "Ridin'" What will be the face you wear after The Change sets in? Once upon a noontime sunny, while I pondered something funny, written in a quaint and curious book of a romantic strain — while I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, as of some one gently rapping, rapping at my window pane. “’Tis the breezy trees,” I muttered, “tapping at my window pane, only this, the wind's refrain.” It's not just about kaiju; it's about kaijhistory. Owl be seeing you later! "Well, it's very simple. See, if you inflate a balloon and seal it, at which point you've got -1 holes..." "There's nothing sexier than giving the last blow to a candle that's about to go out." -I-No, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R "What the hammer? What the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? What dread grasp; Dare its deadly terrors clasp?" -William Blake, "The Tyger" By land, by air, or by sea, we've got the world covered. "I hope you'll excuse my cheap wit, but the hour is late and it's all I have left." -A humble crow. What better way to honor her contributions than to post via wifi? I'm just coming back from the shops. Hope these supplies aren't too haunted! Maybe you can't take it all with you, but this paraphernalia's gonna let me bring 'em all back! "I never thought so much would happen that I never thought would happen." -Ashleigh Brilliant Two frogs go on a coastal hike. One is bringing the sense of adventure, and the other is bringing the snacks! And if you can believe it, it's Friday once again, Chère. "Pull this lever," they said. "It opens all the cages at once, easy peasy," they said. See them run hither and thither, each sporting their own accessory! Those copper-bottoms are no match for our shell-tops. Just add ears (imperative)! "This would fix me," said many furs. We're sorry/thrilled to take over/leave it to you! Pikmin! Five of them! Just think of it, a land created by Lord Larethian for all our kind. We'll just need to relocate these pesky humans. While we're at it, any chance we could get your plow as well? We're going to need some battering rams. Backed by the full faith and credit of the company, some exceptions apply, void where prohibited. "Now, fellas, how exactly are we going to proceed with no judge or jury?" A multi-purpose greeting card configured to read, "Hope you had a pleasant recuperation!" This retro aesthetic has a particularly appealing crunch to it! Look, Eunice, the company has done quite a lot to wind you up, it's only right that it get the song and dance it expects. "I did my makeup all by myself! Well, maybe one person helped." She's navigating that tenuous Middle Kingdom between cat girl and catgirl. I know some people say think they're very one-dimensional, but I sure think they've got depth. It's like I've got this whole dense orb on my back! Won't anyone take pity on the burdens felt by the powerful? When all you have is a skull, every problem starts to look like a fortress gate. I hope this doesn't corrupt any sectors in me... It's almost as though what the heart wants is not necessarily precisely what the body needs. That your car? Pretty nice, I love convertibles! It's kind of wild how much the flora of an ecosystem rely on flowers to round out their collective color wheel. Take heart! There will be fascists enough to punch anon! Look, the expected value of going again is infinite. So hit me. Hit me. Hit me. Sweet things come from those who fly! A rare window into how royal succession plays out after the chess game has concluded. 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"It's our spilled milk, and we'll cry if we want to!" I heard that, back in the day, they'd put a whole sausage in your burger if you asked them! "You say you can't stand me when I'm quiet, and so I shot you with my silence. I can't get that trumpet out of my head." -Lykke Li, "This Trumpet In My Head" (2008). Beware the prisons we build for ourselves, invisible to others, that trap us in our own minds. You're going to need to put a lot of heads together to outsmart this wolf pack. "Who do I know this man?" -The hosts of Drawfee I'll keep them close so I'm never alone! As above, so below. All that remains is your execution. This shaggy trio of pups looks like trouble! "Why be among the last to do what's right, when you can be one of the first?" -Ashleigh Brilliant High Priestess Luna bids you to mind your manner in her domain, for it is where her beasts are at their most powerful. Make your immortal rodent happy. 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"I wonder." -President Lindberg, *The Fifth Element* (1997). Despite early accusations that the hare had thrown the race, a deeper investigation revealed a more complicated web of culpability. I can fix him in post. Things aren't going so hot for these amateur rocketeers! What a mysterious collection of bones, behaving in most unexpected ways! No need for the stick, the carrot's all the incentive anyone needs. Just one problem! Someone put all the racing stripes on sideways! United, she sits. Divided, we fall. LOL, owned. Oh my goodness! Do you mind? Can I get a picture? We need to claw back these resources before nature does it for us! They say she's got specimens to die for. The stripes make it hard for you to tell how many of them there are. At whose behest are the cities remade? At yours?! "Text me back in like 30. I'm watching that episode of SpongeBob where he has a 3-day rager with his jellyfish." -Alfred Pennyworth Ponder it, won't you? 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If enough of us force ourselves into this box, you won't even be able to tell there's an echo! Maybe y'all better go home, because I'm about to go big. Raise the iron curtain on the first of many acts, but never lower your guard! "In a logic that perhaps no man will ever understand, the true winner is the last to finish the race." -Dr. Nils Hellstrom, *The Hellstrom Chronicle* (1971). "Distance doesn't really make you any smaller, but it does make you part of a larger picture." -Ashleigh Brilliant Who needs spinal column when you've got all this brain power?! Integers! They're only natural! Why work together to accomplish something, when you can shun the company of others and complain to strangers? I think you'll find that the meaning this duel takes depends entirely on where I cleave things. In today's 'Feat Head-To-Head,' we'll be comparing two different options for spicing up your NPCs Our best bet is to stick together and find a nice sunny patch where we can all photosynthesize! Come to the fortified city of Provins, guaranteed to be safe from armies with small-to-moderate siege capabilities! "Spring has sprung! And all the lovers knowing that spring has come!" -Terry Taylor, "Spring Has Sprung" (1997). When the worshipers of the Golden Capybara came into contact with the worshipers of the Golden Eggbug, the Golden Horde was born. Maybe she's born with it. Maybe she knows some really talented craftspeople. My health is assured! I'm gonna live forever! I shall remake this world in my image. Starting with this tree that I shall punch. "Are these dreams a clutch of stifled memories? Was there something in my mind? There are things they say man was not meant to know... Is this shadow out of time?" -The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, "Some Things Man Was Not Meant To Know" (2007). Every turn you make, you're heading downward, and yet there's never any bottom. You can't surprise me! My vision's periphery all the way round! In the criminal justice system, the wealthy are represented by two separate, yet equally obnoxious groups: billionaires, whose demands outline what is and is not lawful, and cronies, who enact those demands. "Come closer. Closer." (Whispers in your ear) "Now fight me like a man." *On the Fresh Grave of Your Lifelong Love Who died of Consumption and Being Found the Next Morning Unconscious, Naked, and Nearly Frozen to Death by the Groundskeeper. "Dinosaurs are not dead! Dinosaurs are life!" "Now, you say you spell 'slaadi' with two As? Fascinating." On the Internet, everyone knows you can't possibly be a ghost who died before 1969, because they never received the necessary operating system upgrade. The beauty of analog systems is that you can always given 'em a good hip check if they're not behaving! My journey shall take me beyond the shore, beyond the sea, beyond even the sky itself. Why go to work when your place of work can come to you, direct as the crow flies? 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"In an orderly world, there's always a place for the disorderly." -Ashleigh Brilliant In the future, music will consist of food sounds, and be prepared by those no longer among the living. They say the uprising was started by a cadre of Jameson-type cyborgs. The spirit of the millennium is alive in the mix of Rs and Bs. "If you think about it, Platinum, the whole rest of the world is Sheep, isn't it?" Republic Space Force: The Wings of Hollandaise "You never know when you're making a memory." -Rickie Lee Jones. "I went to see a psychiatrist. He said, 'Tell me everything.' I did, and now he's doing my act." Richard Prince. What if a tingus and a tangus... fell in love? A lizard prince sits in a library, reading, wide-eyed. Machines should do the work. That's what they're best at. People should do the thinking. That's what they're best at. "I got no complaints, it's regular hours, and I can jog to and from work on the parkway." If it were Ours, We'd make it much bigger. 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Are you telling me that cats dressed as finely as we should feel hunger? Preposterous! Film's future is so bright, we've got to wear shades! A charging armored knight is no match for a nude longbowman whose aim is true. No more fearsome collection of bounty hunters has ever been assembled! "When all other means of communication fail, try words." -Ashleigh Brilliant "Reach for a book and you touch the stars," they said. "As above, so below," they said. And look at us now! Sure would be a shame if we took these, the only remaining Talismans, into the Valley with us! From blunt force all sharp things are made. A multi-purpose greeting card configured to read, "The animals will feel an overwhelming peace descend when you are around." Be grateful! The seasonal staff have been working through the night to lay out the white carpet for you. Two test tubes, and within them, two individuals. Their respective genders are not for others to decide. "To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and, whatever you hit, call it the target." -Ashleigh Brilliant A mountain guide stands near a warm cabin and points across a vast expanse of snow at a shimmering peak. They say you can kill over 200 pounds of rabbit and bison with just 1 Bullets card. Is that really true?! "You are becoming Gods. There's a new master of creation, and it's you. You've unraveled DNA, and at the same time, you're cultivating bacteria strong enough to kill every living thing. D'you think you are ready for that much power? You lot? **You lot?**" - *The Second Coming* (2003), as sampled by Orbital (2004) on "You Lot" One might go so far as to say that we live in a society. I dunno, if it doesn't, can you *really* say you're living the dream? "Tutto quello a cui riesco a pensare è prendere altre patatine!" -Every seagull in Venice, probably. Now that they've been adorned with flowers, there's no denying that these are the beasts of all time. 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It will never forgive these people for trying to be Selenites. One of these bozos show their face, and you're getting that *special* boss music! Ladies! Now available in blue. The jeans are from grandma, the Nintendo is from Uncle Red. Zardoz gets to play Santa this year. The results are surprisingly heartwarming! When you're a resurrectionist, you get to be in everybody's will! Beneath the city, the harbor. Beneath the harbor, a sleepy community and fish. Beneath that community, a friendly slumbering mass. A woman, dressed warmly, gathers some flowery sprites in from a garden overtaken by frost. See how they sparkle, see how they shine, see how you're drawn from yours into mine. A shady ne'er-do-well pulls himself from the ocean only to discover more than he bargained for. Where my guinea pigs at! Come and get some citrus! Look, I'm just saying, these creatures are, like, *all wing*, know what I mean? A duel is when two people agree that the other person dying is more important that keeping oneself alive. Crimson acid can hear what they're saying to her. This gnome's got a sword, and a dog, and a wardrobe that just don't quit. Beneath the canal, and deeper out beyond the harbor, there are things in the water. "Take this milk. Why do we drink *cow* milk? Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said, 'I think I'll drink whatever comes out of these things when I squeeze 'em!'? Isn't that weird?" -Calvin & Hobbes, 1993-06-14 Stripes, checkerboards, it's as plain as black and white. It's a chimeracle! I'll lead, you follow, try not to get burned. You know what would look great in this untamed landscape? A housing development. Oh, they laughed at me at the academy, but who's laughing now?! The heart want what it wants, which is trouble if the heart wants the heart. Just *every* kind of animal, all hanging out together! Hold me closer, dabbing Lancer! 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Now could we drink hot blood, and do such bitter business as the day would quake to look on. "If we all work together, we can totally disrupt the system" -Ashleigh Brilliant. A pink zebra is looking to get a trio of animals drunk; only the one with the worst judgment is interested. The car's not going to know what hit it. A pair of stegosaur sailors discuss the dream of starting over on a new continent. The Great Wheel is the hottest date spot for singles in all of Paris. Princess Zelda is very unimpressed by this clown's Android. An antelope has the undivided attention of seven dogs. Assassinate the Imperator with the power of light! You see a world made different when viewed through cracked glass. Space bear was promised space whales, and boy are there space whales! Walk slowly through the forest, for it is full of resting creatures. Imagine, if you will, a field with every kind of flower. Was she rescued from the water, or is she merely humoring her gormless suitor? 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A ground-based galleon must fend off an armada of airships descending from space. Folks with skin untouched by the sun. Various cards, blank in one way or another. A celebration of NASA computer Katherine Johnson. Crowd around the scrying pool, you're not going want to miss the preview of next week's episode! Some round, chill friends soak in the sunshine. "Please turn down the volume or play something other than Drake." When three clocks disagree by this much, best to call it a day after lunch. The Moon has many secrets, and many feel a pull other than that of the tides. A royal crow announces, "Hooray! A brand spankin' new place to work!" A dog is astonished. I mean, what could the odds that this result is a fluke possibly be? The sages agree: Ancient Egypt is pretty cool. I see your card has (I see your card has cards in it)s in it. Now is the springtime of our mild affect made glorious summer by these daughters glam. A diamond hardback in the bookseller's rough is truly the greatest of treasures. Don't rate this sports car in terms of horsepower, but rather in terms of cow power. ALL HAIL OUR FEARSOME CELESTIAL ORB! The quest for justice is worthy work, and befits the use of a little magic. Orange you tempted by this dizzying cornucopia of vices? Even a flat Earth resides in a vast and voluminous universe that is full of wonders. Have you remembered the moon today? You cannot learn statistics without first considering the simple coin flip. Link meets his match in the Sword Hoarder. "We've got to build our life on new foundations. We must get back to primeval integrity." -Eugène Ionesco, 1960. "That is a beautiful occupation. And since it is beautiful, it is truly useful." The Little Prince (1943), on the subject of The Lamplighter. Just a whole bunch of little guys! "It's strange, but wherever I take my eyes, they always sen things from my point of view." -Ashleigh Brilliant Two onlookers witness slowpoke, painted liked one of their French girls. Rock lobsters, scissor lizards, and paper tigers cannot attack or block. Two string-instrument artists struggle with and dwell on their art. A battle group of bookish ships close in on a space station. Two leviathans consume meal fit for a world-devouring hunger! Mazeppa regrets riding bareback in the company of much wilder ruffians. The feeble scribblings of humanity are no match for the combined efforts of the flora and fauna. Got a secret. Can you keep it? Swear, this one you'll save. This place is just chock full of dogs! The painting spoke to me, and only to me, and fell to me to rescue her. A book tyrant descends to announce that reading is now mandatory. A trio of long-beaked birds jointly consider their shared two centuries of experience. The month of June is a time for beautiful flora. Few people today realize that King Charles the First had specialized in dual-wielding. You are a toad. Toad toad toad. What, were you born in a book barn?! Things are getting hot, and some foundations are starting to crack. Over a dozen entirely normal armchairs. Nothing to worry about. The desert is full of strange and wondrous visions. I'll cut more off than a nose before I'm done with you. It's plane to see that it's all geometry. Jack's lucky chucks attack Waluigi's semi-wahtomatic wahndgun. The Kird Ape is 1/1, and receives +1/+2 when the controller has forests in play. Some vampires being spooky, in a glamorous, aspirational way. A variety of cephalopods present an intimidating front. "It’s not the job of the artist to give the audience what the audience wants. If the audience knew what they needed, then they wouldn’t be the audience. They would be the artists. It is the job of artists to give the audience what they need." -Alan Moore, 2007 These ladies in red are the belles of the bug ball. The Great Telescope of Birr meets the telescopes of the future. "Don't do something we're both going to regret." The hills are alive with the sound of ravenous, toothsome, flowering plants. Good? Bad? She's the girl with the gun. Blind albino eggbug, ravenous, cloaked in a darkness never once touched by sunlight, must attack each turn if possible. Ain't no rule say that dogs can't take baths. Just do one thing, however small, that will allow you to start. Believe that you have something to say. A whale's song is sometimes a plea to find a point of reference. Let me tell you, Cohen's couldn't believe how big my effect size is. Behold some freaks who always thinks with their tentacle ganglia. The museum of the French mint provides a showcase of the cheddar them French been gettin' for two millennia. Where'd you get those creepers?! Think about it. 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On behalf of Battle Mountain's mayor, Isabelle is excited to welcome you to the neighborhood! Link is armed with lon lon milk as he makes his way through woods soft and silent. A gaggle of clowns gather, as if to say, "There is no out there. There is only in here." You wouldn't Potemkin Buster a trans girl. Right? The Knight brandishes its nail as it is borne by the Last Stag into the deepest, buggiest corners of Hallownest. One, two! One, two! And through and through the vorpal blade went snicker-snack! She left it dead, and with its head she went galumphing back. Hackers from the 90s attempt to infiltrate the Internet of the 21st century. This is a tribute post in honor of Grace Hopper (1906-1992). Auber on fiddle, K. K. Slider on guitar, Snake on flute, Turtle on drums, Oryx on lyre, Prizmatik on pipes, with vocals by Cool Cow. The ambassador has a message for the diplomat. Look at these little scamps! What possible trouble could they get into? 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Are the arms I'm supposed to take up against a sea of trouble... the very arrows I've already had the fortune of receiving? "I have just discovered the truth, and can't understand why everybody isn't eager to hear it." -Ashleigh Brilliant A multi-purpose greeting card configured to read, "I will eventually invent a time machine." "I mean, you're not doing it now, either." You don't know what you ask, traveler. My spiciest takes will kill a dragon, let alone a host. You'd better go to a guest that shares milder takes. Several minds are blown, either figuratively or literally. "By using your intelligence, you can sometimes make your problems twice as complicated." -Ashleigh Brilliant One rabbit buys another a pint and both benefit. A couple of sketchy characters find their way to the far side of the moon. Three dogs in a circle greet one another. Hop in your time machine and come to the Bad Apple, serving customers from 2011 to 2012. A wolf is alarmed to learn that this fluffle of rabbits is much spikier than they had anticipated. The tripartite faces of slumber, the boy, the bear, and the forebearer. A parade of blacks, from gray to black, are scrutinizing you with yellow eyes. "You can’t deny this song is actually a banger." "It is unbelievable that this stubborn darkness, this eternal eclipse, this flaw in geometry, this eternal cloud on virgin truth can be endured." -Farkas Bolyai, c. 1825. People go in one end, chosts come out the other. All we do is turn the handle. In case of rampaging wall emergency, break Aleph. It's the landing. "Nonetheless, collectively these results offer a clear conclusion: A large portion of replications produced weaker evidence for the original findings despite using materials provided by the original authors, review in advance for methodologi- cal fidelity, and high statistical power to detect the original effect sizes." -Open Science Collaboration, 2015 The look of ire (that's the look, that's the look). When living deliciously, it's important to keep in mind that it's all a matter of taste. “They are real, and that’s why I will never work out that hard again, because nobody wanted to believe they were real." -Nicholas Cage, 2022 Is this a dog I see before me? Or is it three? Seems, nay, 'tis a split in my vision. A continental mystic of some notoriety seeks to complete a quest amidst an array of assets and obstacles. Bet I can fit this whole book in my mouth! "The Thousand And One Nights is not something which has died. It is a book so vast that it is not necessary to have read it, for it is a part of out memory." -Tim Rogers (2020) quoting Eliot Weinberger's (1984) translation of Jorge Luis Borges (1980). A view from the ocean of the Hale Kai condominium complex, with a hearty salute ready for the next setting sun. It's a cloudy day, but this kitty's not going to get caught unprepared. Swan atop the battlement, Goose down on the pavement. "You're having delusions, Jobe. Struggle for reason!" -Dr. Lawrence Angelo A winged strawberry floats above a windmill in a snow-blanketed cityscape. Light up the night! There is a city that this darkness can't hide. "Another Sears will be an arcade, but every game is Sears." -Brandon Bird, 2022 Nobody can resist your Stromboli dynamism. L’ENRÉGISTREMENT ÉLECTRIQUE LE PLUS PERFECTIONNÉ Foreverer? More like foreverest. I wish I was the animal which fits into that mood. Four cats, 36 lives, 72 tales sold! A soul singer is accompanied by attendant musicians. 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"I accept that the planet is warm, and I rejoice that it is warm." -Mark Steyn (ghoul), 2015. "This is me beating the shit out of you until you manifest that idea you had in the shower." -CJ the X, 2022 The quest for knowledge is an infinite game played by finite creatures. A pair of two-dimensional eyes gaze though anaglyph glasses into the third dimension. "It grows harder from here," she warned the cat, but it dropped to the path and walked forward as though to say, 'You are wasting your time.' -Kij Johnson, 2016 "Why'd they make that drawer so hot?!" The world isn't getting smaller. Every part of it is simply accelerating toward you. "Is this the original board game of death?" -Colin Barras, 2020 "LOOK AT HER. y'all need to appreciate her more" like girl... she's lines "When a man tries to see into the distance, what does he do? He narrows his eyes." -Katsuhiro Otomo, 1987 Five enemies defeated and only one round left to defeat the resulting sadness. 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Chesterton, 1913 An incredulous bird is surrounded by smaller birds and approximate birds. Two masked and robed individuals recline in a gondola, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." Three wacky ladies are really excited to share their opinions. A variety of grim portents induce a melancholy atmosphere. A variety of book-loving creatures communicate their love enthusiastically. A portrait of Bonaparte remains trapped halfway between the sketch and the render. The capybara is a singularly luminous animal, and space aliens have concerns. Kings and queens brandish their weapons, but in a sensual way. A single powerful tome can have the weight of a whole stack of fluff. A stack of tetraminos, vandalized and decaying, stand forgotten in a warehouse. You have been greeted by an inhabitant of the Moon. A man grasps at an arrow in his back, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." The animals are immune to rhetoric. An angel points at a skull, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." A multi-purpose greeting card configured to read, "It's time to sleep in to commemorate the New Year!" A man creates/discovers the world, while a giant speaks/is silent. A pair of 3D Glasses provide depth to a game that converges toward a vanishing point. Several unnerving horse-like entities. The hottest take of all time is also literally the most superficial. Seven knives pierce an apple, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." They call me Pitopotamus, my kisses are bottomless. Three amniotes are enthusiastically ready for things to get weird. A train journeys to space, with a speech bubble saying, "AAAAAAA" A multi-purpose greeting card configured to read, "Will you explain your mind?" A postal cat swipes at a postal rat, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." A dog dreams, calmly and cozily, of what it is like to be a dog. A harlequin reclines on bench below the stage. Birds are made creepier by their unknowable secrets. Cats playing golf, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." A multi-purpose greeting card configured to read, "According to this article I read, 84% of people are thankful for your existence!" A man is nuzzled by a sphinx. Amish women rise a horse-drawn carriage into Intercourse, Pennsylvania, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." A cowled girl with a battle axe races across a tennis court to seek revenge as Ayk Danroyd looks on. A shadowy figure beside a table looks out over a desert, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." Cats demonstrate a variety of emotions through pose, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." A person holding a brilliant lantern aloft, with a speech bubble saying, "holy crap." Movie poster for Manon Des Sources, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." A tuxedoed gentleman appears with a winged alchemical symbol. Eight ants circle on a Moebius band, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." A multi-purpose greeting card configured to read, "The animals are eventually going to confirm my suspicions." Opus the penguin tries and fails to fly, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." A person stands with their head bisected, with a speech bubble saying, "holy crap." A green monkey clutches his bananas, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." A multi-purpose greeting card configured to read, "It's time to perfunctorily send a card for Halloween!" A giant squid with a chicken's head attack's attacks fictional submarine The Nautilus, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." A wanderer stands above a sea of fog, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." A man crouches in order to demonstrate to a dog how to defecate. A surfer tips off the crest of a wave, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." Dr. Strange is attacked by a monster, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." A mysterious woman nibbles at a butter biscuit. A multi-purpose greeting card configured to read, "The animals will reflect on our shared humanity until the world forgets our names." A sixteenth century depiction of an autopsy, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." A Hippopotamus cast in bronze, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." A wolf looks on. A multi-purpose greeting card configured to read, "Will you accept my emotional outburst?" A man holding a and puppet aloft, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." Various dogs, with an imperative to "Vote Dog." A multi-purpose greeting card configured to read, "Just a friendly note to say how are you!" Two theatrical stars are pressed into a dispute over a crown, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." Saint George, having broken his lance, swings a sword at a dragon, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." A Chinese print of a bird, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." A multi-purpose greeting card configured to read, "Hope you will have a successful semester!" The Eiffel Tower, manipulated to appear upside-down, with a speech bubble saying, "oh no." 
