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Tag Archives: history
Mostly black and white, as you might expect…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s existential angst is centred around the sound of the word gooseberry. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> An acquaintance of mine, whom I haven’t seen for a year or two, sent me a message on a social medium (social media) … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, drama, Dulltown, Film, history, Hull.UK., information, irony, observations, photography, science
Tagged advertising, discovery, Doom, endurance, existential angst, film, history, Hull Maritime Museum, madness, observations, photography, serendipity, shackleton expedition, titles, weather
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Just a few short, but pithy items…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s chance keyboard error is: President Chump. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No. 366. I’m sorry I’m late, but I found that my results were skewed. A single overheard remark: ‘I’m physically in debt Barry…’ ‘Are … Continue reading
Posted in books, celebrities, conversation, cool, Dulltown, existentialism, history, humour, information, instruction, music, overheard, reading, serendipity, style, surrealism, writing
Tagged arts, celebrities, charity shop, conversation, Cordwainer Smith, dictionary word, discovery, Doom, Dostoyevsky, excuses for being late, existential angst, fascia boards, history, instruction, late, madness, misheard, music, observations, overheard, Russian literature, serendipity, spam, style, surrealism, Turgenev, Turgy and Dusty, vladimir nabokov, Warrior in Woolworths, words, writing, X-Ray Spex
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Snapped on the train…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s elephant in the room is the one annoying everyone by doing Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland through her trunk. (FFTCM) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here’s a picture I took, oh, it was at least a … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, archeology, art, composition, creation, Dulltown, history, Hull.UK., information, music, observations, photography, puzzle, seeing, serendipity, surrealism, words
Tagged 18th c inn, Aaron Copland, advertising, art, arts, discovery, elephant in the room, Fanfare for the common man, history, Hull UK, music, observations, Paragon Station, photography, reading left to right, serendipity, surrealism, transportation, words
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Mail Art Postcard. No. 4533…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual pencil sharpener is the one shaped like a pack of pork sausages – oh, it doesn’t seem to have a hole for the pencil to go in, perhaps this isn’t one? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I spent … Continue reading
Posted in academia, art, celebrities, composition, creation, Film, food, history, humour, information, Mail Art, painting, science, serendipity, surrealism
Tagged advertising, art, arts, bacon, celebrities, collage, Francis Bacon, history, humour, kevin bacon, mail art cards, painting, photography, roger bacon, serendipity, style, surrealism, TV, unusual pencil sharpener, words
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Ugg and Lugg and the bison skull…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s featured letter of the alphabet is the capital ‘U’. All the other letters really like their comrade the ‘U’ – they like the way he so effortlessly collects rainwater – they are really glad of … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, conversation, drama, history, humour, information, learning, people, surrealism
Tagged bison skull, cavemen, conversation, dictionary word, discovery, history, madness, mammoths, Old Wise Man Bugg, serendipity, sex, style, surrealism, Ugg and Lugg, washing and personal hygeine
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Be careful not to break the rook galls…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s architectural term is Hammerbeam: A horizontal bracket, usually projecting at the wall plate level, to carry arched braces and struts, and supported by braces. Hammerbeams lessen the span and thus allow shorter timbers. They also … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, books, food, history, humour, information, instruction, learning, reading, serendipity, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged 1934, architecture, dictionary word, discovery, Ecarte, fashion, hammerbeam, history, indulgences, information, instruction, intimate friend, Left bower right bower, opium, rook pie, serendipity, style, surrealism, The Daily Express Enquire Within, the galls, words, writing
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They rolled in the soft brown earth…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: paragon purple, meaty mauve, tangerine tangerine, blood blue, ostrich ochre, and blockhead burgundy. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alert!… Alert!… (I once saw, chalked on a wall somewhere, Be Alert – Britain needs Lerts! I … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, art, books, colours, composition, conversation, creation, history, humour, information, painting, reading, story, style, words, writing
Tagged 1960s, 1960s pulp paperback, Aliens, art, arts, Badger Books, colour, conversation, history, Karl Zeigfreid, painting, R L Fanthorpe SMBIS, radar, serendipity, style, surrealism, words, writing
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