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Monthly Archives: November 2013
Mayonnaise and the mouse hunt…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s expletive is ‘By these pickers and stealers!’ – From the Catechism ‘to keep my hands from picking and stealing’ – this oath dates from the time of Shakespeare. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My mouse wasn’t clicking right… it … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, colours, conversation, drama, dreaming, Dulltown, existentialism, expletives, Hull.UK., humour, information, mind, poetry, style, surrealism, words
Tagged amber, art, arts, Catechism, cellophane, conversation, Currys, expletives, firedamp, Hull Surrealist League, madness, poetry, style, surrealism, Surrealist Van, Tony Mayonnaise, words, ziggurat
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A tale of two art galleries…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s architectural term is ‘foil’ – A lobe or leaf-shaped curve formed by the cusping of a circle or an arch… ‘The cusping of a circle’ – I think that I’ll have that buzzing in my … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, brain, colours, dreaming, Grumpiness, history, humour, information, irony, learning, mind, observations, painting, seeing, style, words
Tagged Alfred Wallis, architecture, art, arts, Ben Nicholson, colour, Cusping, fashion, Henry Moore Institute, history, observations, painting, style, Winifred Nicholson, words
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Stella and the whippy thing…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s financial forecast is for bankers to be crouching down on all fours on thick pile carpets, lapping up brandy and champagne from cat bowls – they will purr contentedly… >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Landscape No. 50. (1993) Pastel … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, colours, conversation, cool, drawing, existentialism, expletives, food, green, Grumpiness, humour, information, mind, painting, seeing, style, surrealism, Uncategorized, words
Tagged art, arts, bankers, colour, conversation, dictionary word, Doom, drawing, financial forecast, painting, style, surrealism, Wassily Kandinsky, words
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Overheard and misheard snatches of cafe conversation…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s random dictionary words are: dischurch, libbard, eccaleobion, chobdar, and punalua. Please have these words ready in suitable and witty sentences for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘A love-iron relationship.’ ‘You call … Continue reading
Posted in brain, conversation, cool, dreaming, existentialism, Hull.UK., humour, information, mind, observations, poetry, serendipity, surrealism, words
Tagged arts, conversation, dictionary word, dictionary words, discovery, madness, misheard, observations, overheard, poetry, Professor Mouldie, serendipity, style, surrealism, words
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Bang!…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s colours are: burnt umber, burnt umber, burnt umber, burnt umber, yellow ochre, and burnt umber. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here is another scanned print from my days of black and white film and darkroom photography. It looks like … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, colours, cool, Dulltown, Film, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, mind, observations, photography, sculpture, seeing, serendipity, style, surrealism, words
Tagged art, arts, burnt umber, colour, Colours, discovery, film, history, observations, photography, sculpture, serendipity, style, surrealism, words
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Tasty Hair Styles…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s instruction is to bend back flaps A, B, and D, and weight them down temporarily with a small object, run a pencil around the curved wings and snip them out with a pair of garden … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, art, brain, conversation, cool, dreaming, Dulltown, existentialism, food, humour, information, mind, style, surrealism
Tagged arts, Bruce Willis, celebrities, conversation, fashion, hair styles, instruction, madness, Mark Kermode, Selby Nth Yorkshire, style, surrealism, words
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Armageddon and Pronunciation…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s ostrich is the one talking on its phone, sheltering from a shower in the doorway of McDonald’s. (Ostrich) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Last night I watched a longish TV documentary (well, I must confess that I was fiddling … Continue reading
Posted in blues, brain, drama, existentialism, Film, Grumpiness, history, humour, information, learning, music, observations, surrealism, sweating, TV, war, words
Tagged 1983 brink of apocalypse, blues, celebrities, Doom, film, history, madness, music, nuclear war, observations, ostrich, surrealism, TV, words
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