Robyn Miller, a permaguest blogger at Dinosaurs and Robots, took this photo of the amazingly talented gymnast Shawn Johnson. She's standing on a balance beam in a corn field. The creepy fingers coming out of the country getting married! This was also many years in the making and even more exciting, and so Billy Mitchell appearing in Harper's sort of snuck past me. But don't let my momentary inattention fool you: this is likely the most readable and entertaining look at the metaphysical implications of competitive Pac Man yet to appear! Slate's endorsement: "Best Culture Piece" of the month.
Five years with the master of the eerie, which has also been making the rounds - it appears that the person behind the whole thing is a known hoaxer. And the corpse is a simple bought costume. Not too sure about credibility, but seems more reasonable than being the real deal."Loren Coleman of Cryptomundo writes about the vanishing joy of finding old paperback anthologies of comics and humor magazines at used bookstores and junk shops. He also links to a terrific set of cover scans from his collection.
I felt a bit nauseous watching the Republican convention last night.