Tag Archives: The Thin Man

The Mueller report open thread

By Mark | April 17, 2019

I have absolutely nothing new to say about the Mueller report, but, as I suspect many of you will be looking for a place to start trading “OH MY GOD”s for “I TOLD YOU SO”s once it’s been released, I thought that I’d start a new thread. So, here it is…. Have fun with it. […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged conspiracy theories, coverups, deep state, Donald Trump, Easter, exoneration, government spying, Jerry Nadler, obstruction of justice, redacted, Robert Mueller, Russia, Russiagate, Spygate, spying, William Barr | 151 Comments

The Unknown

By Mark | October 3, 2018

[above: Lon Cheney looking like Stevie Ray Vaughan in Todd Browning’s 1927 silent film The Unknown.] Apparently the cell phone data plan Linette and I had, when it was just she and I, no longer works now that our teenage daughter has a phone as well. Every day, it seemed, we were getting texts telling […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged #metoo, 1927, Alonzo, armless knife throwers, AT&T, AT&T Watch, bills, cell phones, Clementine, Cojo, data, data plans, deformity, extra thumbs, feet, Freaks, hands, horror movies, intertitles, Joan Crawford, Lon Cheney, men in hats, missing limbs, movies, movies with surprise twist endings, Myrna Loy, Nanon, reality television, silent films, The Unknown, Todd Browning, Tufei Filthela, Turner Classic Movies, unlimited data, vivisection, William Powell | 14 Comments

Ypsi Immigration Interview: Sarah Zawacki

By Mark | December 1, 2013

Thanks to my network of well-compensated spies, I was just recently tipped off to the existence of today’s interview subject, Sarah Zawacki. Sadly, our interview had already concluded when it was brought to my attention that she shared her home with a domesticated hedgehog by the name of Mabel (seen below), so I didn’t get […]