Bat "Mark Anthony" Masterson
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Masterson by name, Bat by nature. Made in Canada. Queer. Grandson of a War Bride. Fountain pen-stained Moby-Dick-vocate. Comics veteran. Tarot maven. Spoons at the hop of a drat.
-Et Zen Arcadia Ego-
-Et Zen Arcadia Ego-
Pinned
This was the career advice I needed, but it took 60 years to arrive. Dead letter from a hundred year old man.
This week's broadsheet from the Star-Studded Citadel of the Mindless Ones contains an insight into Transformortality, quoting a speech from a 1979 Russian film where the character quotes Lao Tzu like a boss.
These thrills are my own, yet I share them with you.
These thrills are my own, yet I share them with you.
November 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
This week's broadsheet from the Star-Studded Citadel of the Mindless Ones contains an insight into Transformortality, quoting a speech from a 1979 Russian film where the character quotes Lao Tzu like a boss.
These thrills are my own, yet I share them with you.
These thrills are my own, yet I share them with you.
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"Whatever became of the moment when one first knew about death? There must have been one, a moment, in childhood, when it first occurred to you that you don't go on forever. It must have been shattering, stamped into one's memory."
Requiescat in pace, Tom Stoppard.
Requiescat in pace, Tom Stoppard.
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - For all the points of the compass, there's only one direction
YouTube video by Noni Panayotov
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November 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"Whatever became of the moment when one first knew about death? There must have been one, a moment, in childhood, when it first occurred to you that you don't go on forever. It must have been shattering, stamped into one's memory."
Requiescat in pace, Tom Stoppard.
Requiescat in pace, Tom Stoppard.
Oh. Tom Stoppard. I'll have to get back you.
November 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Oh. Tom Stoppard. I'll have to get back you.
Fear ye not. Lady Figaro has mounted the watchtower.
November 29, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Fear ye not. Lady Figaro has mounted the watchtower.
I was only gone for 36 hours!
Magnitude 3.2 earthquake shakes San Francisco Bay Area
Magnitude 3.2 earthquake shakes San Francisco Bay Area
Other small earthquakes have been felt in the Monterey Bay area, Gilroy and Riverside County in recent days
www.latimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I was only gone for 36 hours!
"Seems awfully late for the southbound lanes to be so jammed," I said as we got close to home. "I know it's the mall and everything, but what deals are still going on?"
Jeez Louise.
Jeez Louise.
November 29, 2025 at 5:59 AM
"Seems awfully late for the southbound lanes to be so jammed," I said as we got close to home. "I know it's the mall and everything, but what deals are still going on?"
Jeez Louise.
Jeez Louise.
That's about it.
Aesop Rock - Call Home (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Aesop Rock
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
That's about it.
I ordered more notebooks today, as well as a new edition of a book I already have in an anthology. I look around at the paper on this desk, in this office, in this house and wonder if I am not the butterfly Chuang Tzu dreamed but instead a wasp in waiting.
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I ordered more notebooks today, as well as a new edition of a book I already have in an anthology. I look around at the paper on this desk, in this office, in this house and wonder if I am not the butterfly Chuang Tzu dreamed but instead a wasp in waiting.
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🦇 #BatsInArt #PreciousBats #Contemporary
Roger Williamson (b. 1947)
TAROT HANGED MAN, 2007
Oil on canvas
Roger Williamson (b. 1947)
TAROT HANGED MAN, 2007
Oil on canvas
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 AM
🦇 #BatsInArt #PreciousBats #Contemporary
Roger Williamson (b. 1947)
TAROT HANGED MAN, 2007
Oil on canvas
Roger Williamson (b. 1947)
TAROT HANGED MAN, 2007
Oil on canvas
This camera roll image of the thing what killed me, is it the sixth from the top, or sixth from the bottom? I've got a lot of genres out there, hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This camera roll image of the thing what killed me, is it the sixth from the top, or sixth from the bottom? I've got a lot of genres out there, hungry.
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WAKE UP DEAD MAN proves once again that Rian Johnson has the artistic temperament, knowledge, and skills required to be my best friend all the time so we can talk and stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 AM
WAKE UP DEAD MAN proves once again that Rian Johnson has the artistic temperament, knowledge, and skills required to be my best friend all the time so we can talk and stuff.
Surely this won't be a super-villain origin story.
Spiders and scorpions, deep dark caves, advanced mathematics—what many people consider nightmare fuel, #NHMLA's new Assistant Curator of Entomology, Dr. Rodrigo Monjaraz Ruedas, calls work: go.nhm.org/rodrigo-ruedas
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Surely this won't be a super-villain origin story.
I had a vague notion, so I thought I'd look it up: Daniel Day-Lewis has only 30 acting credits on IMDB. I was pretty sure I'd never seen any of them all the way through.
I was wrong! He's in THE BOUNTY, which I watched because they filmed bits in Moorea. Don't remember him, though.
I was wrong! He's in THE BOUNTY, which I watched because they filmed bits in Moorea. Don't remember him, though.
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I had a vague notion, so I thought I'd look it up: Daniel Day-Lewis has only 30 acting credits on IMDB. I was pretty sure I'd never seen any of them all the way through.
I was wrong! He's in THE BOUNTY, which I watched because they filmed bits in Moorea. Don't remember him, though.
I was wrong! He's in THE BOUNTY, which I watched because they filmed bits in Moorea. Don't remember him, though.
"Romeo and Juliet survive, but the times they try to get back together it just, well, anyway. She calls him sometimes if she's had weird dreams, sometimes to ask him if he wants to meet her dog. He never calls her. He knows he's the weaker one."
"That doesn't rhyme, Tom."
"I know. I'm hanging up."
"That doesn't rhyme, Tom."
"I know. I'm hanging up."
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"Romeo and Juliet survive, but the times they try to get back together it just, well, anyway. She calls him sometimes if she's had weird dreams, sometimes to ask him if he wants to meet her dog. He never calls her. He knows he's the weaker one."
"That doesn't rhyme, Tom."
"I know. I'm hanging up."
"That doesn't rhyme, Tom."
"I know. I'm hanging up."
35 days until I get this eye Robocopped. Feels like the organic's breaking down more rapidly these days, just so I don't forget. As if.
My Right Eye
YouTube video by Laurie Anderson - Topic
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
35 days until I get this eye Robocopped. Feels like the organic's breaking down more rapidly these days, just so I don't forget. As if.
Actual footage.
November 24, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Actual footage.
I like my neighborhood.
November 24, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I like my neighborhood.
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Happy Doctor Who day!
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Happy Doctor Who day!
WUDM:AKOM Tuesday tickets acquired. Salvation is at hand.
a man in a suit and tie stands in front of an altar with his arms outstretched
Alt: Benoit Blanc takes you to church.
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 AM
WUDM:AKOM Tuesday tickets acquired. Salvation is at hand.
Don't even watch the video. That's ten minutes better spent on reading The Invisibles.
November 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Don't even watch the video. That's ten minutes better spent on reading The Invisibles.
For those just joining us, every time I type "Oh Yes" you must understand it is from Jeff Pezzati's intro here:
Suspect Device (Remastered)
YouTube video by Naked Raygun - Topic
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November 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
For those just joining us, every time I type "Oh Yes" you must understand it is from Jeff Pezzati's intro here:
I mean, come on.
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I mean, come on.
This guy is cited on page 3 of the Liu "Knight-Errant" book and it's become clear that we're one-to-one talking about pulp (and super) heroes, starting in the 4th century BCE. 蜘蛛侠 is a menace!
November 22, 2025 at 6:37 AM
This guy is cited on page 3 of the Liu "Knight-Errant" book and it's become clear that we're one-to-one talking about pulp (and super) heroes, starting in the 4th century BCE. 蜘蛛侠 is a menace!
Oh yes. Time to put the whoosh in wuxia.
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Oh yes. Time to put the whoosh in wuxia.