tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-285251682024-03-23T11:34:37.756-07:00UNCLE EDDIE'S THEORY CORNEREddie Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729949238666234774noreply@blogger.comBlogger1965125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-78108744425498160002017-07-23T07:20:00.000-07:002017-07-24T06:59:24.697-07:00TIME TO LEAVE LA!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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MY KITTEN: "Go now. Saying goodbye is too hard!"</div>
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EDDIE: " (Sob!) You're right, Kitten. It's better to make a clean break! The neighbors'll take good care of you til I can send for you!" </div>
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DOGS: "Woof! Woof!"</div>
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EDDIE: "Fido! Mergitroid! My luggage! Thanks, guys!"</div>
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DAPHNE: "Bye, Eddie! Be sure to write!"</div>
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MARILYN: "Send us a card when you land!"<br />
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SUPERMAN: "Bye Eddie! I'll drop by if I happen to be flying over that part of the country! Well, er...assuming there isn't any Kryptonite around."<br />
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MARIACHIES: "We'll save your seat at the restaurant! You weren't the best tipper, but even so..."<br />
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CHEERLEADERS: "2...4...6...8! Who do we appreciate!?"<br />
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MARIACHIES (SINGING): <i>"He 'twas not the best tipper/ But his napkin drawings, they were hipper."</i><br />
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THE TWINS: "Bye, Eddie! Byyyyye!!! We put some chocolate in your pocket!"<br />
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TWIN #1: "Did you really give him the chocolate the dog licked?<br />
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TWIN #2: "Sure. I wanted to give him our best."<br />
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ON BOARD THE PLANE: Eddie finds something melted and gooey in his pocket:<br />
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Eddie: I fully intend to keep up the blog in my new location. I'll just need a couple of weeks off line to settle in. 'See you then!!!!!<br />
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Have you seen the latest Juno pictures of Jupiter's red spot? This one (above) was taken July 11 from less than 10,000 kilometers away. The origin of the red spot is still a mystery. </div>
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Here's (above) an odd one: a mysterious Martian cone 5 meters high and 15 meters across. It's all alone. There doesn't appear to be other cones nearby. It was taken in February by the Curiosity rover. </div>
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Here's (above) an artist's conception of the Earthlike planet called Trappist-1f. Along with six other planets it orbits the star, Trappist 1. The other planets may all have some Earthlike features. Since the planets are unusually close to each other it's fun to guess that if life sprang up on one world it would probably spread quickly to the other six. </div>
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Last but not least: red sprites over the English Channel. Nobody knows what causes them but they're thought to a product of thunderstorm activity. They're rarely photographed because they only last for a millisecond.<br />
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<i>OUTLAW: "I'm gonna kill you right now, Lone Ranger!"</i></div>
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Schtick has a lot to do with funny acting and funny situations. It's about small things, like the inability to find the sleeve of the jacket you're putting on. Or maybe your guy drops his wedding ring into the soup of the bully sitting beside him and has to fish it out with his fingers without the bully noticing. Small stuff like that.<br />
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In the sketches above (which are hard to interpret...forgive me, I'm too sleepy to redraw them for clarity) I tried to imagine what kind of schtick a man without control over his arms and hands would do. Imagine putting your arms behind your back and letting a friend substitute with his arms. If he was well-intentioned he could try to make his gestures fit what you're saying but it would be off somehow...somehow out of sync and wrong...but funny in a strange way. Now imagine what your own arms would be like if they were naturally independent like that, without the aid of a friend.<br />
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Imagine what it'd be like if your arms had a mind of their own. While you're talking to friends the hand might become bored and squeeze your face, or they might squeeze the girl next to you. There's no telling what mischief they could get into.<br />
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<br />Eddie Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729949238666234774noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-33520478067122492862017-07-11T06:30:00.000-07:002017-07-13T09:08:20.217-07:00WHY ARTISTS SHOULD AVOID YOGA<div>
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BTW: DJ, a long time yoga practitioner, wrote a thoughtful comment to this post which is worth reading. He says yoga has roots that are at least 4,500 years old. Give it a read!<br />
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Who's your favorite sculptor? Rodin? Carpeaux? Bernini? Maybe the ancient Greek sculptor who did The Winged Victory of Samanthrace. Good choices, all.<br />
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My own all-time favorite is an ancient Roman artist, whose name I don't know. The top two photos in this post are both his. Both show extraordinary men who've suffered greatly but are determined to prevail. I'm reminded of the old saying that the most beautiful thing in all the world is that of a good man struggling with adversity.<br />
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Okay, we've seen the pagan Roman view of the good man. Now for contrast here's (above) the Christian view of the good man as shown by Donatello. He's intelligent, self-disciplined, thoughtful and kind. You could ask, "Who has the better outlook, Donatello or the Roman?"<br />
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A lot of animation fans don't know that Milt Kahl, one of Disney's greatest animators, was actually laid-off by the studio for a number of years. This is how it happened.....<br />
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Kahl was a well-known discontent and once every six months or so he'd throw his pencil down, storm into Walt's office and threaten to quit. "None of those idiots can animate! I help them with their scenes and then I have no time for my own. They're just a bunch of bums! I'm in there holding up the whole damn animation department by myself! I don't need this aggravation! I'm outta here! I quit!" Walt, who'd been through this many times, would just look at him sympathetically.<br />
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"Ooooh , I get it,"says Milt, "You don't think I'd do it do you!? Ha! You just watch me! I'm serious this time Walt! I've had it!" Once again, Walt would just stare.<br />
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Finally, when Kahl was at the height of his rant, Walt would discretely hit the intercom button and whisper, "Bring me the envelope." His secretary would come in and quietly slip it to him. Meanwhile Milt would still be fulminating: "Those #$&@ lard asses couldn't do a thing without me! This whole stupid studio would crumble without me!" Walt would listen attentively while slowly nudging the envelope across the desk.<br />
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"Huh," says Milt,"What's that!? A bribe!??? Oooh no you don't! You can't buy me off! I mean it, I'm outta here!" More ranting then something green was added to the envelope and it was nudged across the desk again. This ranting and nudging would go on and on until finally Kahl stopped in mid-rant, stared at the envelope, looked inside, then grabbed it and went back to work for another six months. This went on for years and it was a marvelously effective system.<br />
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Eventually Walt died and his son-in-law Ron Miller took over the studio. One day Kahl pushed past the secretary and stormed into Miller's office threatening to quit. "I've had it," says Milt, "I'm the only one around here who knows what he's doing! I'm tired of this %@#& hell hole! I quit!!!" Miller was shocked. All he could think to say was something like, "Gee, Milt! I'm sorry you feel that way. We'll all miss you very much!" Do you see what happened? No one told him about the envelope!!!<br />
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Kahl was dumbfounded. "You think I'm kidding, don't you? I really mean it, Ron! I'll walk out that door and never come back!" "Yes," said Miller almost tearfully, "I know. It's very sad!" Amazed, Kahl turned his back and stormed out of the office. He was gone for years!<br />
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Well, that's the famous "envelope story."<br />
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This story was told to me over lunch by John Kimball. Pictures thanks to Creative Capers, Mike Pelensky and Andreas Deja.<br />
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<br />Eddie Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729949238666234774noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-10150672146311186992017-06-17T13:28:00.000-07:002017-06-17T11:33:18.054-07:00RUBE GOLDBERG: GENIUS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKtDkcpRj1MpBgEB_csr6x3_jV-v1azDUOC7cxr4Mkzo4a5MbnrDrxlwnHNT2mbNow1G8X_EQVlDvB9VHGE2JmsDkeMUDwJIPUxDK9w2hf0RL1eGpM0J9k40RX9vM9VWUQf1dyA/s1600-h/42p.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044513474426915266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKtDkcpRj1MpBgEB_csr6x3_jV-v1azDUOC7cxr4Mkzo4a5MbnrDrxlwnHNT2mbNow1G8X_EQVlDvB9VHGE2JmsDkeMUDwJIPUxDK9w2hf0RL1eGpM0J9k40RX9vM9VWUQf1dyA/s640/42p.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="473" /></a>One of my favorite newspaper cartoonists of the WWI era was the great Rube Goldberg. Unfortunately for Rube he's mostly remembered for the "Rube Goldberg Device" where a chain of events eventually causes a bucket of water to tip over and fill the thirsty man's glass. That's all clever and appealing but it's not the man's best work. If you've only seen the inventions, then read on. You're in for a treat! Be sure to click to enlarge! <br />
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And how do you like the thinking poses on the strip above? That's how I feel when I'm thinking. I feel smarter just looking at it.<br />
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Eddie Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729949238666234774noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-10000344612619063812017-06-15T13:00:00.000-07:002017-06-17T11:39:08.964-07:00BACK SHOTS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtj11XG8FiK00df6w2Gi7DqVqB1_yGYu6SZc3naVi7qRzJrhxA7IJf2TcjiynmNgHJjR4lvttCDdhHDioiUZdtwW3EX6NrRivGS4eEbXeiWORbKBUNsxh_oZrdOoaWVLB8OeFk/s1600-h/IMG.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="486" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253450866081018146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtj11XG8FiK00df6w2Gi7DqVqB1_yGYu6SZc3naVi7qRzJrhxA7IJf2TcjiynmNgHJjR4lvttCDdhHDioiUZdtwW3EX6NrRivGS4eEbXeiWORbKBUNsxh_oZrdOoaWVLB8OeFk/s640/IMG.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
I used to storyboard for a live-action director named Colin Higgins, and Colin told me to use back shots as frequently as possible, because it's a great way to reveal character. I agree and I used to call for it in animation sometimes, though I probably shouldn't have. Only a few classic animators like Tom McKimson felt comfortable with this angle, and most modern animators probably dread it. Anyway, back shots are what we're talking about here.<br />
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The old Pakistani man on the right (above) seems to be suffering from osteoporosis, and from a side view he'd probably appear like a question mark. The squared shoulder, the half-hidden head, and the gentle and wise position of the arms and hands seem to tell you all you need to know about him. This is an exceptional amount of information, even for a back shot.<br />
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The girl in green (above, left) is wearing a light and airy, unpretentious house dress. The hairstyle is neat and practical, the attitude of the body is confident and contented. She's a likable person, all the more because she appreciates the positive visual impact of clothing wrinkles!<br />
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Two people who are worlds apart: The bridesmaid full of anxiety, with the bondage strings in the back (above, left), and the traditional old woman, making her way down the street in a shapeless, widow's dress. You admire the older woman because you know she's devoted thousands of hours to bringing up a family.<br />
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Osteoporosis (above) again, though a milder case. The jacket is modest but not unfashionable, and the hat is color co-ordinated. High-heeled boots. Maybe this woman is an artist. The spindly legs disappearing up into the jacket, come to an odd end at the top where the hips are unexpectedly wide. It creates a mystery, which is a very considerate thing to do for the people who walk behind you.<br />
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You see lots of back shots like this (above) in drawings made a hundred years ago. The jacket is tight around the shoulders with gravity pulling down loose fabric in the back. It's the perfect suit for a tall, older man on the go, someone who was used to thinking on his feet and giving orders. The interior volume of the umbrella makes a perfect contrast. He's taking large, manly strides.<br />
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Holy mackerel! An interesting dress (above)! It's inappropriate because it's too tight, but that doesn't prevent her from projecting a strong personality. She thinks she looks good in it, and her confidence wins us over; besides, she's probably doing it to impress a guy, and whenever a girl dresses to impress a guy can't help but be flattered.<br />
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I always find myself rooting for girls like this, hoping they'll get the get the guy they're after. I always want to know their story. Everybody should possess some clothes that that subtly suggest a backstory.<br />
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Whew! Another strong contrast! The woman on the left (above) is vain, overly fashion-conscious, probably flaky, maybe abuses pills...but, she makes an effort to please, and that makes up for some sins.<br />
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The woman on the right (above) is earthy and self-confidant, probably more intelligent than people give her credit for. She's independent, proud that she thinks for herself, maybe not open as open to new ideas as she should be. I always think this is a wrong life strategy.<br />
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You should never be self-contained. There should always be a part of you that needs other people, and can be hurt by them. I think people should always be somewhat incomplete without other people, regardless of the consequences. But what do I know?<br />
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BTW: The pictures are all by Maira Kalman. Sorry, I can't remember the name of her book.<br />
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<br />Eddie Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729949238666234774noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-87570557890745719142017-06-13T06:50:00.000-07:002017-06-23T17:21:40.974-07:00THEORY CORNER FOR MEN (SORRY GIRLS, MEN ONLY!)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2X-Dgcbt-aMs_hwW1DO737LQaDiO44D6gXP2MlQcRRNdvTGe_8Z5S02BeHFOPTHJDyHtWs2QSAyx8JR5ZbPvIdj9qVr9d3yQW0uuhkRyP6TfzO8y6YPcOD8mxcmg_b7Dn7CC/s1600-h/Photo+2217.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288456264903643074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2X-Dgcbt-aMs_hwW1DO737LQaDiO44D6gXP2MlQcRRNdvTGe_8Z5S02BeHFOPTHJDyHtWs2QSAyx8JR5ZbPvIdj9qVr9d3yQW0uuhkRyP6TfzO8y6YPcOD8mxcmg_b7Dn7CC/s400/Photo+2217.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;">Welcome to "THEORYBOY" MAGAZINE!</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Most men would believe they'd died and gone to heaven. Theory Mansion is not to be believed. Imagine a never-ending party in a house with a 24 hour kitchen and an indoor heated pool replete with grottoes. At the hub of all this is the rugged pioneer of internet men's magazines, Theoryboy founder, Uncle Eddie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">When he's not downstairs yucking it up with naked women, or partying with the greatest wits of his time, he can usually be found upstairs, working on the latest installment of the Theoryboy Philosophy. When we found him he was in his robe and pajamas, smoking away on his cigarette holder, and typing on his old Smith-Corona.</span></div>
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THEORYBOY (SITTING): "No thanks, but I'm curious to know what you were working on."</div>
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UNCLE EDDIE: "Well, It's the galley proofs for the next issue of Theoryboy. This is our lead story, real classy stuff! I just wrote a blurb for it. Here, read it and see what you think!"</div>
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THEORYBOY (READING): "Footsteps outside the door. Boards creaking. A hand fumbling at the door. The door swinging open. A shaft of moonlight penetrating the room and falling upon the sleepwalking figure of a woman with loathsome black gloves. Beulah wanted to scream, but in her nudity she was helpless to act. Yes, Beulah was going to learn something tonight, something about hungry black gloves, something about naked flesh, and maybe...just maybe...about something more elusive...HERSELF!"</div>
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THEORYBOY (CONT): " 'Herself?' Boy, that's heavy. Very psychological!"</div>
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UNCLE EDDIE: "Yeah, we figure it's the psychology that gives our stories the edge." <br />
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THEORYBOY: "And what are those pictures on the bed over there?"</div>
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UNCLE EDDIE: "Those are candidates for the centerfold! Real nice nerd girls, all of them! The winner will get a scholarship to study at the Uncle Eddie Institute for Advanced Physical Research. Here, take a look. Which do you like best?" </div>
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THEORYBOY: "And this one's...um...interesting...yes, very interesting! I hate to say it, but I don't think I can pick a favorite. They're all pretty appealing!"<br />
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I'm still looking at pictures of home interiors and I thought I'd share a few that I like. How do you like this open plan kitchen and dining room?<br />
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I like how a lot of designers have merged Craftsman with Modern. And, do you like those black foreground chairs? The ones I've seen are expensive.</div>
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Here's (above) a California Ranch-Style back porch, the kind my favorite L.A. architect Cliff May would have approved of.<br />
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Big canvas awnings look great, though this example seems a bit flimsy. What happens when the wind blows?<br />
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Haw! A blackboard wall! You'd breathe a lot of chalk in a room like that, but it might be worth it. You could draw life size caricatures of your family and friends seated at the table, eating and squabbling with each other.<br />
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And jasmine curtains...a nice way to cheer up a gloomy room.<br />
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Why are there no nebulas visible in the night sky...I mean nebulas large enough to be seen with the naked eye? The answer is that there's several. They're just faint because they're so close.<br />
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A lot of the bright nebulas you see in photos are color enhanced, are shot with time lapse photography, and are composites. Given those advantages they look great. If they were closer and untreated, most would look as dim as our local samples.<br />
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Here's a few of the nebulas visible in the Southern sky. The biggest ones are Barnard's Loop and the Gum Nebula. On a clear night all are visible with the naked eye. Of course the Magellanic Clouds (actually small captive galaxies) are visible with the naked eye and so is The Milky Way.<br />
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Here's a clearer telescopic shot of the Gum Nebula. The name comes from Gumm, the astronomer who discovered it in the 1950s.<br />
In the middle of the picture you see "Vela SNR". That's short for the Vela Supernova Remnant.<br />
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BTW, have you been paying attention to the close shots of Jupiter we're getting from the Juno probe? They're awesome! The picture above was made without color code manipulation.<br />
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Here's (above) what Juno saw when it flew over Jupiter's North Pole in mid-May. Watch it on the biggest screen that you can.<br />
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Haw! Here I am at the age when I'm expected to retire and, true to my demographic, I find myself watching late night reruns of "Murder She Wrote." You know that show, the one that takes place in Cabot Cove, the home of fictional sleuth Angela Lansbury, a.k.a. Jessica Fletcher.<br />
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Lansbury (above) is a terrific actress but, to judge from interviews, in real life she smiles a lot less often than her TV character. I don't mean to imply that Lansbury is joyless or humorless. She just doesn't smile unless she has a reason to. 'Nothing wrong with that.<br />
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Even so, it's a pity. When she does smile she lights up the room. The fact is, she has one the great smiles on film. It's world class...but it's a liability as well as an asset. What do you do with an actress who's mostly serious but who has the warmest smile around?<br />
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Old Hollywood's answer seemed to be, cast her as a beautiful but cold and calculating Jezebel who easily manipulates men.<br />
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Sure, she could handle that, but that's a young woman's role. What's an actress like that to do in mid-life?<br />
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Fortunately Lansbury found a new career in musical comedy. There I'm guessing that she learned to make the warm smile work for her.<br />
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The task assumed by the creators of Murder She Wrote was to come up with a premise that gave her the perfect ratio of smiles to drama...and they succeeded!<br />
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Angela's character plays a mystery writer who's instantly recognized and complimented by fans of her novels. Not only that but she travels frequently and is always staying with friends or accepting visits from friends. 'Lots of smile opportunities there.<br />
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She also likes to insinuate herself into police investigations and that requires more smiles to get co-operation from the law...once again, lots of smile opportunities.<br />
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A lot of the show is about smile delivery. By way of example, Jessica rides a bike because she doesn't drive a car. Why, the bike you ask?<br />
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They didn't give her a car because not having one forces her to ask others for a lift, or to be the beneficiary of others' kindness. Wow, that's brilliant! Far from handicapping the character it gives her an excuse to interact with the other characters and, most importantly, to smile and charm.<br />
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That includes half smiles, at which Lansbury excels.<br />
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The lesson I draw from this is that actors can't be cast according to their natural demeanor, but by what they're able to perform when the footlights are on. Everybody knows this already but it's nice to be reminded of it once in a while.<br />
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<br />Eddie Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729949238666234774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-7811145154102535372017-05-27T08:41:00.002-07:002017-06-03T07:57:50.015-07:00THE NEW IKEA SUPER STORE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ikea just opened up it's largest American store, IKEA Burbank, and it's a doosey! The exterior is ugly in the extreme...a real eyesore... but if you can resist the temptation to flee you'll be richly rewarded.<br />
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The interior space is so large that some common items are doubled up just to fill the void, and the result is sometimes startling and innovative...like that long table above, for instance.<br />
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It's actually two tables joined together. Sure, it would be great for a large dinner party but this is 2017 when food is considered medicine and you can't find two people who share the same diet. I like the table because it invites thinking about large work surfaces. I like to spread out when I work, don't you?<br />
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Wow! Size really does matter! The large space surrounding the bed prompts a re-thinking of what a bedroom really is. This is a room for a creative and productive person who loves his work. It's one where the sleeper wakes up in the middle of the night and works for a couple of hours before going back to sleep.<br />
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In recent decades a lot's been written about the creative nature of sleep. We acknowledge that when we reach a creative impasse and decide to "sleep on it." How often have we all woken up and spent half an hour on our backs immobilized by our half sleeping brain still sifting through ideas?<br />
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Above, that's the identical bed in a different diorama surrounded by a different layout. Holy Cow! The store is so big that it can afford to show two ways of setting off the same furniture!<br />
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Here's an interesting concept: the room within a room...a sort of thinking area near the dining room table in the foreground. I get some of my best ideas during meal time. How convenient it would be to have a nearby room where I could work on those ideas immediately after having them.<br />
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Here's (above) the thinking room interior. Notice the low, fake ceiling.<br />
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Notice also that the room is mostly white and the pictures on the wall are generic. The idea is to minimize distractions.<br />
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BTW, I'm aware that suddenly leaving the table to work is rude to the friends who remain. Obviously an idea like this requires modification to work in the real world. It's just fun to think about.<br />
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<br />Eddie Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729949238666234774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-90504827831720639222017-05-25T07:32:00.000-07:002017-06-03T10:38:29.672-07:00ENGLISH MYSTERY NOVELS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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According to a book called "Murder Ink," England is a country steeped in its history of beheadings and quirky murders.</div>
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This (above) is how the rest of the world views a typical English home. Is the picture accurate? No, but like a lot of people I want to believe that even the Monty Python ladies live in a house with a trap door or a portrait with cut-out eyes (spy-style) over the mantle.<br />
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Here's (above) an English village, the site of at least half the murders in mystery novels. It has a cycling vicar, a tea shop, a post office where residents read each other's mail, and a pub.<br />
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The pub's name is probably derived from some gruesome historical event. There's (above) that headless thing again.<br />
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Haw! For some the idea of an honest lawyer will seem more bizarre than the severed head.<br />
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Here's (above) Black Shuck, a mysterious hound that believers say wanders around rural England in search of victims.<br />
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I don't want to exclude London, so here's (above) the stately Old Scotland Yard building situated near the Thames.<br />
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Not so photogenic was London's old Newgate Prison, described by prisoners as Hell on Earth.<br />
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Newgate is gone now but I think a fragment (above) still survives.<br />
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The prison was conveniently located near the courts at The Old Bailey.<br />
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Here's (above) a holding cell where inmates waited for their hearings to begin. It doesn't look very comfortable.<br />
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I'm guessing that this drawing depicts the goings on in that cell, though it seems doubtful that the artist ever personally witnessed it.<br />
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Prisoners were expected to provide their own food. Relatives and friends would drop food into the cell through a hole in the ceiling.<br />
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Escapes from Newgate could be lavishly detailed in the press. Here (above) every obstacle the convict had to surmount was carefully documented.<br />
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Stardust is a superhero who orbits the globe in a spaceship that alerts him whenever a crime's committed on Earth. </div>
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Once alerted he slither-flies down to Earth and <i>grabs</i> the evil-doers.</div>
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"Grabs," you say? "What's so bad about being grabbed?" Trust me, it's bad. You never want to be grabbed by this guy.</div>
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Grievous crimes require grievous penalties. For the crime of eliminating Earth's gravity and killing millions of innocent people... </div>
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...the perpetrator is not only rudely grabbed but forced to spend eternity in a snow filled room in a floating apartment building.</div>
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Hanks also created Fantoma, a girl version of Stardust. She polices the world's jungles.</div>
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Hanks' jungles are full of criminals, both animal and human. Here (above) a man studies science and becomes a super villain in order to take revenge on gorillas who tormented him.</div>
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Am I the only one here who likes crime poems? Here's (below) the best one I know of. When I was a kid it came with my board game, "Clue." I don't know the author's name.</div>
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Nice, huh? It's robust simplicity begs comparison with Service's "Dangerous Dan McGrew." It's so playful and unpretentious...so delightfully unmodern. For comparison here's (below) a ponderous contemporary crime poem:<br />
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My beef with this poem (above) is that it saves the true meaning for the end. That's such a silly, modern thing to do. Apparently, the poet isn't inspired by the thrill of the chase. At the end we discover that he's only interested in detection as a metaphor for a sad comment on life.<br />
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My advice to all poets is to avoid melancholy zingers at the end of what you write. Avoid the temptation to bait and switch. Let the poem be about what attracted the reader to it in the first place. If there's a subtext or a secondary meaning let it be made by the stylistic zeal embedded in the writing. <br />
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While perusing samples of Gus Mager's strip "Hawkshaw the Detective" I stumbled on this example (above) of Hawkshaw done in the style of Rudolph Dirks, the "Katzenjammer Kids" artist. What the Heck!??? Was it Mager influenced by Dirks or was it an active collaboration? </div>
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Either way the merging of the two styles was a match made in Heaven. Here's (above) the same page shown smaller. The layout is arguably as beautiful as anything either man accomplished on his own.</div>
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Here's another example, and this time I'll guess that it's pure Gus Mager with Dirks serving only as an influence.<br />
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According to Stripper's Guide, Dirks asked Mager to do the gag strip above Katzenjammer so we know the two men knew each other.<br />
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Here's (above) Cliff Sterrett doing Mager. I wonder how that came about?<br />
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If ever space aliens invade the Earth they'll almost certainly start with easy targets like children and animals.</div>
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How else to explain cow tipping?<br />
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I want to talk about George Hurrell the photographer who more than anyone else was responsible for inventing the Hollywood glamour portrait. </div>
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Here's (above) a sample of Hurrell's disastrous first photo shoot with Joan Crawford. It was shot with orthochromatic film which Hurrell urged the studio to buy but then quickly grew to abhor. </div>
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The session turned out horrible but Crawford had a good eye for talent and she could see what Hurrell was struggling to achieve. Although she bullied him in that first session she afterward located him in the studio cafeteria and...on bent knee...begged his forgiveness.</div>
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Good for her! What the two would achieve together would be historic.</div>
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Hurrell also did good work with Jean Harlow. That was a real challenge because she wasn't naturally photogenic. Despite her reputation, in real life she was quiet and even rather wholesome, which is not at all the image the studio wanted to project. </div>
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What a difference the right photographer makes.</div>
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I love to read about the technical problems Hurrell surmounted. I find it interesting that Hurrell's retoucher actually darkened the busy chair pattern (above) to the left of Crawford's face. I'd have lightened it in order to make the face pop out... and I'd have been wrong.<br />
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Hurrell rightly chose the more dramatic alternative where the heroine seems to have a mission...where she bravely confronts the darkness.<br />
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I came across a fascinating book in the library called "The Sartorialist." It consists of casual photos of fashion minded people, all encountered on the streets by wandering photographer Scott Schuman.<br />
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That's Schuman above. He used to work in fashion but left to record how ordinary consumers interpret what's offered in the stores. He sees it as the street talking back to the industry. Wow! What an interesting idea!<br />
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This (above) is my favorite of all the pictures in the book because it emphasizes the timeless appeal of shape and cut above color and graphic design. The color's great though, no doubt about it.<br />
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Vests are still in style for men.<br />
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Geez, the problem with all these designs is that they're meant for trim people with good physiques.<br />
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It's their reward for all the time spent walking to nowhere on treadmills and eating tasteless salads.<br />
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Schuman also devotes time to what he calls "curvy" people, but many of the pictures fail to excite. Let's be honest. Fashion is a thin person's sport.<br />
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It does have one unexpected asset, though. It can look almost as good on old people as the young.<br />
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Who'da thunk that nature would take pity on you at an age when you're watching endless re-runs of "Murder, She Wrote?"<br />
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This woman isn't old but she has white hair which is taken to be a sign of age, but which can look great.<br />
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I like the colors she's wearing: green, purple and yellow with blue and white stripes used as a neutral to set it off. It's a color scheme discovered by David Hockney.<br />
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Chicago's called "The Windy City" and I'm sure the name is justified. I wonder what it would be like to live there? Theory Corner investigates.<br />
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Well, I guess you'd have to keep the window shut.<br />
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Probably Chicagoans learn to walk against the wind from the time they're kids.<br />
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Even when they go to live in other places the walk stays with them.<br />
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Maybe the taste for flappable stays too. How could it not?<br />
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Here's (above) how Chicagoans mail a letter.<br />
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'Makes you want to go to Chicago, doesn't it?Eddie Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729949238666234774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-12687438233527895212017-04-25T08:21:00.001-07:002017-05-27T19:48:35.669-07:00HOW SMOKING HAS CHANGED<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't believe in smoking...it's obviously bad for you...but I do believe in being honest about whatever benefits it does bestow.<br />
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Maybe I should say "used to bestow," because those benefits have largely disappeared now. I don't think new cigarettes are the same as the ones our grandparents smoked.<br />
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The new cigarettes produce a vague haze. Their smoke has no shape or character.<br />
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Older cigarettes, on the other hand, produced a clinging anaconda capable of wrapping around the smoker's head.<br />
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The smoke was stringy and artistic. The cigarette produced evolving pictures all by itself, even when the smoker wasn't trying.<br />
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I'm guessing that filters are the problem. In filtering out some of the tars and nicotine you filter out the giraffes and porpoises the tobacco wants to sculpt.<br />
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Losing the nicotine and keeping the strings must have been a daunting technical challenge for the cigarette industry. And how do you keep the flow of filtered smoke aggressive and energetic, the way smokers like? How do you get the billowing that some smokers like? <br />
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But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe filters are innocent and it's the tobacco itself that's been tampered with. After all, that industry took a hard hit for producing second hand smoke. Maybe new strains were developed that deliberately produced diffuse smoke.<br />
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I don't know.<br />
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<br />Eddie Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729949238666234774noreply@blogger.com0