Formerly @StevenSenski @Boughtthatcomic, @HillaryWarnedUs, @MediaPlayed. Theater prof, film critic, radio DJ, professional musician, guru at Trailers from Hell, fraghead. I have a flair for the aesthetic. 🌈
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Your word for today is "factice," those oversized bottles used for display at fragrance counters that are filled with colored water. It comes from the French term for "fake."
The President just said we're on the cusp of a deal with Iran.
Today's post explores two fun facts:
1. It's the fiftieth time he's said this. (I counted!)
2. Even so, stocks rose on the news.
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For the 50th time this year, we're on the cusp of peace. Apparently.
Released OTD 47 years ago.
No other song so dominated my Senior year in HS.
40 years ago today.
Knud Tinglev-Hansen was from Denmark; with his wife he owned the Perfume Shops in Madison WI. He had the grace of the Old World, and his face lit up whenever I walked in. In 1985 he introduced me to men's scents created decades before in Europe. He passed in 2019; I wish I'd visited him more often.
Today's Horror Comic Cover is for TWILIGHT ZONE #44 (1972). Art by George Wilson.
Remembering the magnificent Gene Wilder, born OTD in 1933.
If his performances don't utterly delight you, we can't be friends.
Several months ago I included the word "fraghead" in my bio, the hip lingo for someone who enjoys fragrance. While I don't expect them to be wildly popular, I'm gonna try to post once a day about men's fragrance. #Fraghead
I humbly suggest that the Academy recruit Jessica Lange, Linda Hunt, Cher, Jodie Foster, Meryl Streep, Olivia Colman, and Youn Yuh-jung to jointly present Glenn's honorary Oscar.
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Knud Tinglev-Hansen was from Denmark; with his wife he owned the Perfume Shops in Madison WI. He had the grace of the Old World, and his face lit up whenever I walked in. In 1985 he introduced me to men's scents created decades before in Europe. He passed in 2019; I wish I'd visited him more often.
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ALT: Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Alan Ruck & Matthew Broderick
Alt: Dave "Batista" Bautista as Drax the Destroyer eating snacks at such a slow rate that he's technically rendered invisible in a scene from the movie Avengers: Infinity War
