Note that it’s ‘unfamiliar’ cattle. Apparently, familiar cattle you can let right on in. …Which, OK, makes sense, but only by accident.
Police warning: Don't open doors to 'any unfamiliar cattle' https://t.co/3EsOaHUTcw pic.twitter.com/nHkaH26vnQ
— WCVB-TV Boston (@WCVB) February 20, 2017
Dear God, but was it my childhood. I still mispronounce the occasional word that I’ve merely seen, never heard. Although admittedly it gets harder and harder, as the Internet goes more and more multimedia…
me: *mispronounces Michaelmas, swarthy, and Hottentot*
her: where did you learn English
me: I was raised by books— the library haunter (@SketchesbyBoze) February 15, 2017
Moe Lane
PS: I am probably going to steal “I was raised by books” at some point.
That’s… pretty impressive, once you realize what you’re seeing. And Shaq probably appreciated it, too. I mean, how long has it been since he had the same experience that the rest of us have whenever we meet Shaquille O’Neil? Via @VixenRogue.
https://twitter.com/HistoricalPics/status/830924175908954112
Particularly Wednesday’s. Really gets the subtle menace of the character. Christina Ricci did a very marvelous job in a movie full of people doing marvelous jobs.
Addams Family by Matsuyama Miyabi pic.twitter.com/FW6sVdzQ0m
— Minovsky (@MinovskyArticle) January 26, 2017
But, you know: bills do need to get paid.
Dennis Hopper quote about the Super Mario Bros movie, a.k.a. one of the funniest things I have ever read. pic.twitter.com/VogOGYXdKP
— Eric Bailey (@EricVBailey) January 11, 2017
I couldn’t find it right off the bat. I really want to know the story behind the original, though. Was the wife in on it? You’d have to think that both the husband and the wife would be in on it.
— Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) January 7, 2017
In what universe is this sexy? …For the love of God, do not answer that. I’m appalled enough at the implied rutting in the rotini as it is.
For the love of pasta!
Spicy #Meatball Swap, by H C Hawkes. Companion Books, 1971. #nationalspaghettiday pic.twitter.com/zzOJYbWfWo
— Pulp Librarian (@PulpLibrarian) January 5, 2017
Because I don’t trust pigs worth a damn, that’s why.
9) Pigs are smart enough to push other animals into the electric fence, and if they don’t get shocked the pigs will leave.
— Shepherd Commander (@civilwarbore) January 1, 2017
Here'a a #NewYearsEve project: make your own pulp magazine cover! Here's a George Gross artwork to start you off… pic.twitter.com/8WYSw6PvSK
— Pulp Librarian (@PulpLibrarian) December 31, 2016
Continue reading Tweet of the Day, Go Make Some Art edition.
There may or may not be an alternate universe where that cover is indeed an accurate reflection of William Goldman’s The Princess Bride, but it sure as Hell isn’t this one.
Was that in the film? The Princess Bride, by William Goldman. Ballantine 1974. #wedding pic.twitter.com/hQZjkAxv63
— Pulp Librarian (@PulpLibrarian) December 13, 2016
Although I will be fair about this; this is clearly a printing from before the movie came out and locked itself in as an essential part of modern American fantasy. No publisher would have tried to get away with a cover like that afterwards. I mean, the very thought of doing so would have been, oh, what’s the word?…
