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EarBliss, 12jun2020: ARROW, by Noveller.


Saddened to read of Denny O’Neil’s passing: I grew up loving and inspired by his work - it was a dream come true when he took the time to speak with me about his career and life for what would be one of the key interviews in my first book. A true gentleman who tolerated no bullshit and left an indelible mark on the comics medium. Rest well, Denny.


Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse…Baby Yoda is Here and The Morkie is Unsettled.



Briefly considered a return to Twitter but managed to talk myself down from that particular precipice to madness.


Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Of Storms Passing and Cannonball Splashes.


Links, 10jun2020

Bassoonfluencers: The World of Instagram Practice Accounts, via The New Yorker.

Why Romney Marched, via The Atlantic.

The lost instruments of Teotihuacon will soon be heard again, via The Economist.

‘We Failed’: A Cleveland Museum Apologizes for Cancelling an Exhibition on Police Brutality Without Consulting the Artist, via artnet.

How SARS-COV-2 causes disease and death in COVID-19, via The Economist.


GPS.


Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Upon These States of Illegible (In)Flexibility.


Reading, 09jun2020.


EarBliss, 09jun2020: THE NATIONAL ROAD, by Field Works.


Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Bit of a Rush This Morning So Here’s a Dog Picture and a Useless Maundering.


The marriage between an expert gardener and a functional chef symbolized.


Reading status: 37 - so far - this year


Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Of Sticker Aquariums and Deadline Grotesques.


In the process of moving essential Micro and Twitter follows to Feedbin. My march towards online sanity continues.


Newsletter is written and sent; so ends the week. Project folder review and the day’s run await.


Earbliss, 07jun2020: MY FAVOURITE FADED FANTASY, by Damien Rice.


Links, 06jun2020

I Cover Cops as an Investigative Reporter. Here Are Five Ways You Can Start Holding Your Department Accountable, via ProPublica.

The good news, the bad news and the scariest jobs chart you’ll see, via The Washington Post.

Facebook employees said they were ‘caught in an abusive relationship’ with Trump as internal debates raged, via The Washington Post.

The World’s Weakest Strongman, via Foreign Policy.

The Trump Regime is Beginning to Topple, via The Atlantic.

David Lynch gives his daily weather report and describes his dream of his death at Normandy: Weather Report 6/6/20, via David Lynch Theater.


My contribution to the garden: from wheelbarrow to clematis climbing wall. Note: while my wife is the expert gardener (I’ll share her work as the summer goes on), I - like a typical garden pest - just dig holes and move things around. But at least my living stone still lives.


EarBliss, 06jun2020: ETT, by Klara Lewis.



Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… SitRep, 06jun2020.


My wife just bought me a Living Stone succulent. Judging by its care requirements, it‘s the perfect plant for me.


Watching, 05jun2020: IRMA VEP, dir. Olivier Assayas (1996).