TABLEAU VISTA

Science and speculative fiction fighting in the cradle.

A FINE UNNATURAL IMBALANCE

Must have caught him right between the shoulder blades.

LOADED FOR BEARLIKE

If further proof were needed that Seattle is your kind of town, this menu from The Funhole (!) would be the icing on the trout. Signature Dog #2, inaugurated without my knowledge but with my full post-event approval is made with top-quality local materials and is stunningly delicious.

The Funhole is located at 3518 Fremont Pl, in the shadow of Stalin, next door to Deluxe Junk in Fremont.
(206) 547-4653

SHAKE THE HAND THAT SHOOK THE MAN

Thirty-seven years later! Move!

A MAN, A PLAN, A CANAL- WEATHERCRAFT!

By the bleeding callous on my little skid, we are closing in on it.

TRUTH-TELLING PIG

Part of the DRIFT at Cafe Racer.

STEP RIGHT UP EVERYTHING $10 - $50 DOZENS TO CHOOSE FROM HURRY HURRY LOST OUR LEASE LOST OUR MINDS COME ON DOWN

LE CHAT EST HORS DU SAC

From Le Figaro; translated from the French by Babel Fish:

The American-Lebanese singer Mika, who was a considerable success in 2007 with his first album, " Life in Motion" Cartoon; , the exit d' announced; a deliver-disc at the end of May, followed d' a series in acoustic concerts then d' a new album in September. The deliver-disc " Songs for Sorrow" (" Songs for the tristesse") is put on sale in prereservation on the www.mikasounds.com site and will be available from May 24. It contains four new songs, " Toy Boy" , " Lonely Alcoholic" , " Blue Eyes" and " Jane" lady;. " They were inspired by the side sinks of l' universe of the fairy tales, which me fascine" , explained Mika, in the Parisian buildings of its recording company, Universal. These songs are put in images by eighteen illustrators that the 25 year old singer contacted. Among them, great names of the Anglo-Saxon data base, like l' American Jim Woodring or l' English David McKee, the British Peter Blake, who had realized in 1967 the mythical small pocket of l' album of Beatles " Sgt. Pepper' S Lonely Hearts Band" Club; , or the designer Alber Elbaz. " This very personal project m' a workspace out of any commercial pressure gave, because it devours all and j' were afraid qu' it harms my créativité" , Mika underlined, which has a perfect command of French almost because he lived in Paris during his childhood, before its s' family; establishes in London.

OLD TRAPPER'S DELIGHT

Tom Dougherty, sly and quick-witted as ever, graced our house with his presence the other night; and when he departed left behind this sketch which for obvious reasons I feel compelled to share with the world.

TUGGIN'

I'll mail a check for $100 to anyone can tell me with 90% accuracy what is going on in this picture.

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