National Lampoon

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in my  beginning,
there was Mad magazine.

then, there was
the National  Lampoon...
aka Nat Lamp

is that
the best cover design
in the history
of the printed word,
or what?

in '71,
in the high school cafetorium, 

issues were smuggled in 

like crack.

this was liberation theology...

a psycho-emotional lifeline
plugged into a
big
neon
sign,

blinking

"not insane".

now add in
Monty Python's Flying Circus,

some Kraft miniature marshmallows,
the Mothers of Invention,
street hockey,
Jack Kerouac,
Exiles on Main Street,
heat the knives
drop some red Lebanese,
pop an Ex
and
we'll talk...

after this,
Hunter S.
and William S.
would make sense.

so would patti
and the pistols.

thanks!

hit this: http://www.aaacaricatures.com/madmagazine.html

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Generation X

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who knew 

Generation X

was actually 

retro?

learn way, way more
at bookscans

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Conservatives and Climate Change

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remember Kyoto, and all those crazy dreams 

of maybe giving up the denial thing 

and starting to take a few steps 

towards reducing the rate of increase 

in the crap we're poisoning 

the earth with?

here's a report card on those humble goals 

that were set back then...

oh look.

look and see!

can you see what country 
is the biggest FAIL?

it's Canada!

O Canada... 

so much for standing 

on guard for thee. 

it's just not a 

Conservative thing, eh?

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Get Happy... or not

for those who feel flow charts

are better than star charts

or other arts...

for what it's worth...

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a bipolar moment

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Gertrude Stein

...years and years ago, when faced
with what some might try
to make a drama moment,
my friend Jing say "pigeons on
the grass, alas" and carry on
calmly, with great fortitude.

here are some other well chosen
words from Gertrude Stein
along with some borrowed
images from her life...

Considering how dangerous everything is,
nothing is really very frightening.

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write.

In France one must adapt oneself 

to the fragrance of a urinal.

I do want to get rich 

but I never want to do 

what there is to do 

to get rich.

Men and girls, men and girls:
Artificial swine and pearls.

It is the soothing thing about history

that it does repeat itself.

“It takes a lot of time to be a genius,

you have to sit around so much 

doing nothing, really doing nothing.”

 


“It is awfully important to know 

what is and what is not 

your business”

We are always the same age inside.

If you can do it then why do it?

no wonder everybody
wanted to go hang out
at Gertrude's house...

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And another thing...

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