#Jim Horton

[uwmspeccoll]

Wood Engraving Wednesday

CARL MONTFORD

This engraving, "Fisherman's Terminal," by noted Seattle wood engraver Carl Montford, is from the wood-engraving collection Surroundings: Engravings in Wood printed for the Wood Engravers’ Network (WEN) at the Piano Press in St. Paul, Minnesota in a limited edition of 110 copies. Montford is a long-standing member of WEN and is considered the dean of Northwest wood engravers. A catalogue raisonné of his half century of work was published by Chatwin Books and is still available for only $45.

Our copy of Surroundings is a gift from our friend Jim Horton.

Carl Montford celebrating Thomas Bewick with fellow wood engravers at the historic bar, Blackies in Newcastle, England (2014).

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[trek-tracks]

Star Trek food replicator that for maximum efficiency also makes all dishware and utensils edible so mess hall scenes occasionally feature Spock casually picking up and eating his plate

McCoy having a cup of coffee and then stuffing the cup in his mouth

Kirk absently chewing on a fork and then realizing with annoyance that he's not finished using it so he needs to replicate another one

[waitingforthet]

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[magnetothemagnificent]

Tired: Dr. Phineas Horton was (((a money-grubbing amoral scientist))) who didn't care about Jim Hammond at all and only saw him and his other creations as a cash-grab Wired: Dr. Phineas Horton was a complicated Jewish scientist struggling to make his mark in a field that discriminated against him, when he created an actual living breathing creature he (understandibly) did not know how to react but he tried his best to try and at least teach Jim how to be a functioning member of society, and when that failed, he still!! tried to keep Jim out of the wrong hands. He didn't see Jim fully as a son not because he was a horrible person but because he was understanding Jim out of the cultural lens of a Golem, not Pinocchio, because Horton was a Jew, not a Christian puppetmaker. He never set out to create a son, so how can you expect him to treat Jim as one? He set out to create a scientific breakthrough in the 1930s.......and when his genius wasn't recognized by the greater society because he was a Jew in the 1930s, he had to turn to hawking his very incredible science like it was a sideshow act. This doesn't make him "money-grubbing".

You can't call him a terrible person for not being the father figure Jim yearned for because he never set out to create a son, he set out to create a Golem. Jim being fully sentient was an accident. You don't have to love Dr. Horton, he is a complicated character for a reason, in the same way Dr. Frankenstein is, but don't think I don't see the antisemitic language you gleefully use about him.

[darthdisasterous]

"Jim Hammond is a robo--"

WRONG! Jim Hammond is a human being created in a lab in the 1930s by a Kang protoge.

Like Horton didn't make a cool robot.

HE FUCKING CREATED A CELL STRUCTURE THAT COULD DIFFERENTIATE ITSELF TO BECOME VARIOUS PARTS OF THE HUMAN ANATOMY.

Jim's skin? Horton cells.

Jim's organs? Horton cells.

Jim's blood? Horton cells.

Hell, even the man's semen is Horton cells which, when in contact with a human egg, will functionally reproduce to make a humanoid infant (James Robinson, you'll always be famous to me for that).

Like Horton was a money grubbing piece of shit who didn't care for any of the boys he created beyond the profit of it, but he was fucking correct that he deserved a fucking Nobel Peace Prize because do you understand the power of how one invention he manipulated into human life?!

AND IT'S ETERNAL AND CATCHES FIRE? Bro unlocked a cellular perpetual motion machine to boot. Fucking wow.

[politicaldilfs]

Tennessee Governor DILFs

Bill Haslam, Lamar Alexander, Don Sundquist, Phil Bredesen, Prentice Cooper, Gordon Browning, Ned McWherter, Albert H. Roberts, Austin Peay, Alfred A. Taylor, Jim Nance McCord, Bill Lee, Buford Ellington, Frank G. Clement, Henry Horton, Ray Blanton, Winfield Dunn

And that's a wrap; all 50 states covered. Hope y'all enjoyed!

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[imperiuswrecked]

Wake Pinocchio! Skip and run! Good Geppetto needs a son! Pinocchio, my artificial man. Fruit of my labors. I made you. You are mine. No one else's. Yet I don't know what to do with you. How to fix you.

Secret Avengers (2012) #35 / Marvel Age 1000 (2023) #1

[thingsmk1120sayz]

[mewmewgirl101]

Me the only act I hate and will yell noooooo why he’s so annoying. Is will ferrell for there picture all put who they voiced. I love snow ball the gangster bunny he’s just to cute I just want to cuddle him feed him lettuce to watch his pink bunny nose twitch

[lolotheparagon]

Jim Carrey Movies That I Recommend and Have Aged Well:

The Mask ** - You get a cute movie about a shy guy wanting to date Cameron Diaz and ends up becoming a Looney Tune man cos of a Norse mask and ends up getting the police and the mafia after him. It’s pure unfiltered fun. Even if it has a bit of that 90s stink.

The Grinch *** - While it does reek of early 2000s writing, it’s a decent Xmas movie about how consumerism around Xmas sucks, learning to trust others again and getting revenge on your bully who’s ridiculed you since childhood and Carey’s hammy as fuck in this movie. Seriously he’s the only reason I’m recommending this movie at all.

Bruce Almighty - Some sexist jokes and a shitty third act misunderstanding aside, it’s a fun movie that takes advantage of its plot about a guy with literal God powers but learns a lesson in appreciating the small things in life. Which is an important lesson to learn if the main character’s a white guy with a good job, nice apartment and a hot wife.

Yes Man - it’s ultimately Liar Liar but with learning about openmindedness being the message rather than honesty. Also it’s more soft and less raunchy than its spiritual predecessor and l like that.

Batman Forever - yeah he was in this. Riddler has never had such an ideal casting choice until Wally Wingert came along. The movies just jam with bats on it, you’ll love it

Horton Hears a Who - Its a shame Blue Sky Studios shut down cos this is the most accurate adaptation of a Dr Seuss book and it also knows how to have fun with being a kids film. Also it’s meme-tastic.

Mr Popper’s Penguins - no seriously it’s a wacky kids movie. It’s not the end of the world. I love how Carrey only took on this movie just to tap dance with a bunch of penguins like Dick Van Dyke, who is his hero. That’s really sweet.

Sonic movies - the only time Jim Carrey has been funny in recent years. I don’t really watch his content anymore cos of obvious reasons. (anti vaxxer) but it’s nice he’s returned to his silly roots.

Liar Liar * - it’s an inherently sweet movie about a dad trying to learn a lesson in honesty to save his relationship with his son. Although Fletcher winning back his wife as well is a bit of a stretch. Has this movie never heard of exes that are amicable to each other?

Asterisks:

* - Liar Liar is really into men being SA’d for a joke and it’s really uncomfortable to see Fletcher get roped into sex by a senior executive and him getting fondled and forcibly kissed by his female client. Wasn’t the 90s all about stopping workplace harassment?

** - There was one scene in the Mask where he seduces Cameron Diaz and it reeks of Pepe LePew vibes. Although things didn’t go too far apart, the fact we didn’t have a scene of Stanley immediately regretting that or at least have him and Cameron Diaz’s character bring that up during the jail scene later on really bugs me. Also Stanley’s sleazy friend pisses me off.

*** - Someone on the crew was really horny for Martha May Whovier (mostly cos she’s played by Christina Baranski) cos she’s clearly only there for fanservice. Seriously she wears slutty Christmas dresses, there’s a scene where Grinch’s face gets plastered into Martha’s cleavage, the mayor simping for her is played by Jeffrey Tambor is just creepy. What’s even worse is that during a flashback scene we see a younger Martha May suggestively licking a lollipop at a young Grinch during class… YIKES. I don’t care if that was meant to be a joke it’s still fucking creepy.

[largeicedpaintwater]

Shout out to the guy who came up to me at a rockabilly/psychobilly concert where i was dressed rockabilly/psychobilly and he kept telling I looked so beautiful then asked what bands I liked and said very disappointed “oh so you’re really into the whole rockabilly/psychobilly thing?”

[uwmspeccoll]

Wood Engraving Wednesday

ANDY ENGLISH

This print by English wood engraver Andy English (b. 1956), entitled Tea in the Garden, is from the wood-engraving collection Surroundings: Engravings in Wood printed for the Wood Engravers’ Network at the Piano Press in St. Paul, Minnesota in a limited edition of 110 copies. English is a member of both the British Society of Wood Engravers and the American Wood Engravers' Network. I have always been intrigued by how English combines bold forms to create delicately rich compositions. That is certainly evident in this print. The colophon notes that Surroundings is:

A project of the Wood Engravers Network, whose members, scattered across North America and Europe, practice the exacting art of hand engraving in endgrain hardwood. Artists were invited to submit an edition of engravings on the title theme of 'surroundings,' and the variety of responses shows the versatility of wood engraving as a medium. Each page was printed by the artist from the original wood block. 

Our copy of Surroundings is a gift from our friend Jim Horton.

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-- MAX, Head, Special Collections

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) taking in the bushfire devastation in Wallabi Point, New South Wales, Australia Photo: Adam Stevenson (2023)   ::: [Scott Horton]

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"A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced people endeavor to do, he drowns...The way is to the destructive element submit yourself, and with the exertions of your hands and feet in the water make the deep, deep sea keep you up...In the destructive element immerse."

~ Joseph Conrad, 'Lord Jim'

[undine66770]

I figured I’d post all the CDs I have! It’s a tiny collection right now with (maybe) small variety, but I’m pleased with it.  Starset: Vessels Starset: Horizons Starset: Divisions Paul Anka: Sessions Buddy Holly The Definitive Collection The Essential Jim Reeves  The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960

[vertigoartgore]

1993's Marvels Vol.1 #1 by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross turn 30 today. Feel old yet ?

[karastears]

gonna piss off the Dr. Seuss fandom but like did anyone else just wanted to judo chop this mf into the sun, like why are you smugly staring at me? 😭