"Have you considered changing everything?" As if you thought we could be stopped, or even slowed, by inclement weather. Don't you dare collect the Hammer Fragments to repair the Ball Hammer. We'll get along great if you stand *right* over there. "I'm cold and I'm bold and I don't do what I'm told." -Information Society, "Mirrorshades" (1990). There is no need to cry when everybody Hz. Feels like making progress toward the goal is harder than ever. We figured we could storm one last megashroom together, just to cap things off. I could let them, but I'd have to charge. There's not too much you can do about, they're eventually going to find a way in. "Corporate city, lucky for some, richest island in the sun." -Public Image Ltd, "Bad Life" "We wanna invite you to go hunt with us." The only thing I'm looking to break is even! Surely, this will be sufficient! (It wasn't.) These dogs do *not* have a job. They will be the ones to tell you so. Do you want to build a ski lift? Don't dream it's clover. Friends keep their friends dry, and open up to one another. "Everything must finally fall. In war, or wear away into the ultimate and universal ash, the triumphs, the frauds, the treasures and the fakes." -Orson Welles, *F for Fake* (1973). What you're making in a year, I blow it in a week. In a way, the most powerful sorcery is that which has nothing at its center. Now that's some good eating! A curious war. The only way to win is not to kill. Seriously, who forgets a whole island?! If you're just now joining us, this is buffo tenor Ultros, performing the opening number from *De Vermis Mysteriis*. Love is free. Love is free. Love is free. Love is free. (Ready to kick some ass!) If you stack one atop the other, you can make yourself a staircase to anywhere. Look to the sky, and you will see, in its vastness, all things. Feel like a winner; where air is thinner; take it from me. Rejections by mail don't get any easier when they come from across the veil. "Stare into the subliminal for as long as you can." -They Might Be Giants Quit stalling and get in the sleigh, gramps. There's treasure everywhere! So really, you should be thanking me for all these great gifts. These fun guys are now making all metropolitan stops. We thought today would be a good day for rolling. Poison Dart Froogo is a little bummed to learn they're not the biggest frog in the land. The next big things arises from what came before, even if it need not be of the same stuff. Things keep rolling along, but at what cost? Where I'm going, I won't need color to see. They say that creatures can perceive the beings beyond the veil that we cannot. Some dogs are created more orb than others. If you don't watch out, there's gonna tamagetcha! Conviction is a terrible thing to concede. Or angry? Or ready for dessert? They make me feel less alone, but I'm starting to worry it's not in the way I intended. One need only point out where the artifact is hidden and command, "Fetch!" I was alarmed to discover that the bear could not only speak, but knew all my sins. Never mind what's fueling my unstoppable flurry of blows. Come on, daddy needs another couple hundred tickets. Please turn to p. 104 and consult the Wheel Table. 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. None can contest that this hoard is mine and that it is safe in my keeping. Watch as these even dumber drawings speak to ravenous, feral audience! 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. "When people ask me what I do in the mountains all day," the mole quipped, "I tell them I'm boring!" "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. Orange above, dew-chilled below. From purple timber no good thing was ever drank. 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! 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. 🎶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. 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. Cornifer, from Hollow Knight, explores a cave described as "cold, dark, damp, and stinky." "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* 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. "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" Crowds part when I go out on the town with my ball & chain. Next stop: Exceeding 300 kilometers per hour! All it takes is just one dropship, order yours today! "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.” 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..." "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. Maybe you can't take it all with you, but this paraphernalia's gonna let me bring 'em all back! Two frogs go on a coastal hike. One is bringing the sense of adventure, and the other is bringing the snacks! Just add ears (imperative)! While we're at it, any chance we could get your plow as well? We're going to need some battering rams. "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! "I did my makeup all by myself! Well, maybe one person helped." She's navigating that tenuous Middle Kingdom between cat girl and catgirl. 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? 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! Take heart! There will be fascists enough to punch anon! Sweet things come from those who fly! A rare window into how royal succession plays out after the chess game has concluded. This design is also available on one of our commidi-tees, available in the gift shop! (grumbles) "Goddamn group projects, how come I'm always the one picking up the slack at the last minute?" These felines bee-line to bumper gleams and laser beams. This is the luckiest thing to happen to Mazura since he got kicked out of Parapa Palace. I'll tell you what, when we're done down here, it's going to be all mine! If you think she's going to make a splash when she hits the waves, wait until you see how big a splash he makes! Sure, the sun's out and life feels easy, but do you ever get the feeling that the shallows are getting less shallow all the time? 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). "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 Make your immortal rodent happy. Give her the cheese she has relied on for over 75 years of Constant Nutrition®. With DOS on your PC, you'll be blown away by the discussions about DOOM and SSI you'll have on AOL. LOL! I'm hearing a lot of good things about, I think they're called "Lancers?" All the rage, I hear. Froogo's having a grand old time living that monospaced life! Discard your ideas, replace them with orbs, for a spherical future! It was in the Vosges Mountains, they're famous for it. Eggbug's doing the best they can, but let's just say it's a lucky thing they can fly! RIP to Laurent de Brunhoff (1925-2024), who carried the torch for a father taken from him far too early. 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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. My health is assured! I'm gonna live forever! "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). You can't surprise me! My vision's periphery all the way round! 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The discrepancies of scale are not a bug of the polycule; they're a feature. Unfortunately, as reliably as the conveyer belt provides ants, food preparation times quickly add up. Reach for the top with the flats of your feet! "Words are a wonderful form of communication, but they will never replace kisses and punches." -Ashleigh Brilliant How was your commute home? Honey? Pokémon shouldn't fight! Not like this! Don't cross these cats, lest they cross you. Teach a monkey to shoot, and they'll paint on a grimmer, grander canvas for the rest of their lives. The streets of the old city are teeming with schemers, miscreants, and those just trying to get through the day. Lost in an bush with Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr. This is not a genre-defining collection of contributions that transformed multiple creative industries. This is just a tribute. I touched the giant geodesic orb at the American Pavilion and all I got was this self-referential chost. 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Long after the collapse of the imperial core, a long and cryptic shadow is still cast by its ghosts. A man and woman ponder an ord, within which is an alien who ponders them back with an order of its own. From the beyond, further orbs, and further pondering of this pondering. What more does a witch need than the Moon, the stars, an orb, a tower, and ten or so animal companions? "In the final analysis, everything depends on everything else." -Ashleigh Brilliant Mary Anning (1799-1847) was one of the great paleontologists of the 19th century. Food is broken down into smaller pieces through chewing (mechanical digestion), while the extensive process of chemical digestion begins. As food is chewed, saliva is produced and mixed with the food. The saliva contains enzymes, like amylase and lipase, that begin to break down carbohydrates and fats. Look, it's just a bunch of little guys! They don't have top-shelf gear, leave 'em alone, don't worry about it! 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These cats are cross, so leave 'em be. A pair of rabbits find themselves way off the agreed-upon route. The Knight from Hollow Knight is surrounded by adoring fans. Loose lips cost souls. A supergroup over 400 years in the making. Are we sure we want to keep spinning this particular wheel? Pigeons are very fine birds, but please appreciate them respectfully. An unfortunate king drowns as a snake and an angel look on in alarm. These junkyard felines just might have designs on some of your treasures. Three performers make music for you across the wires, and into your ear alone. That grinning cat can't pierce my force field. The next move you make could be your next. Yo, listen up here's a story about a little guy that lives in a stone world. Cats inspired by box chart a course to become box. Truly, it's good to be alive. Many birds, many eyes, an insatiable hunger. Hell is empty, and all the bastards are here. It is by your hand that the truth will be revealed to you. 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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. A whale's song is sometimes a plea to find a point of reference. Behold some freaks who always thinks with their tentacle ganglia. Where'd you get those creepers?! "Yes, but you're taking the universe out of context." -Ashleigh Brilliant "Did you know? It is impossible to outrun your own reflection." -Celeste (2018) These boys done been kicking your ass so hard, their shoes wore out! An array of threatening mirrors shine back to you the things you fear to see. A delicate boundary between worlds, but doom awaits those who believe their love will carry them across its threshold. "Normal times may possibly be over forever." -Ashleigh Brilliant Two rabbits prepare for a coordinated, synchronized attack. "There's freakin' cats everywhere, dude." -Jacob Andrews "One life is worth as little as any other." -Power, Chainsaw Man (2022). 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. 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. 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 Fish of April swam all the way from France to bring you this apology bouquet. "Oh wad power the giftie gie us, to see oursels as others see us!" Three women, accented in gold, present their respective trigrams of power. Three buggy judges stand before you, prepared to judge whether you be bug enough. 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. One rabbit buys another a pint and both benefit. Three dogs in a circle greet one another. In case of rampaging wall emergency, break Aleph. When living deliciously, it's important to keep in mind that it's all a matter of taste. Is this a dog I see before me? Or is it three? Seems, nay, 'tis a split in my vision. L’ENRÉGISTREMENT ÉLECTRIQUE LE PLUS PERFECTIONNÉ A cowled girl with a battle axe races across a tennis court to seek revenge as Ayk Danroyd looks on. 
