SwanShadow
@swanshadow.bsky.social
Writer. Speaker. Voice actor. Pop culture geek. Comic art collector. Jeopardy! and The Chase champion. Las Vegas local. Aces season ticket member. Yeah... I'm totally that guy.
Just a reminder: No matter what's going on in your life today, you can take solace in knowing that Bobby Bonilla just pocketed another $1.1M for not playing baseball in a quarter-century.
July 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Just a reminder: No matter what's going on in your life today, you can take solace in knowing that Bobby Bonilla just pocketed another $1.1M for not playing baseball in a quarter-century.
Wishing everyone a celebratory #Juneteenth.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun
Let us march on till victory is won
-- "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (James Weldon Johnson)
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun
Let us march on till victory is won
-- "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (James Weldon Johnson)
June 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Wishing everyone a celebratory #Juneteenth.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun
Let us march on till victory is won
-- "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (James Weldon Johnson)
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun
Let us march on till victory is won
-- "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (James Weldon Johnson)
I tend to think of Frankenstein and Dracula as contemporary because they entered the modern pop culture vernacular at roughly the same time, by way of motion pictures. But in fact, the two books were published nearly 80 years apart -- Frankenstein in 1818, Dracula in 1897.
June 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I tend to think of Frankenstein and Dracula as contemporary because they entered the modern pop culture vernacular at roughly the same time, by way of motion pictures. But in fact, the two books were published nearly 80 years apart -- Frankenstein in 1818, Dracula in 1897.
I offer you this greeting once spoken by someone small and green, but wise: With you, May the Fourth be.
May 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I offer you this greeting once spoken by someone small and green, but wise: With you, May the Fourth be.
Whoever said, "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb," didn't understand how the wind works in southern Nevada.
April 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Whoever said, "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb," didn't understand how the wind works in southern Nevada.
March 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I herewith raise a coffee to all of the women in my life (and on my Bluesky feed), on this #InternationalWomensDay. Take a moment today to celebrate yourselves.
March 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I herewith raise a coffee to all of the women in my life (and on my Bluesky feed), on this #InternationalWomensDay. Take a moment today to celebrate yourselves.
"I became interested in the civil rights struggle out of the necessity to survive." - Sidney Poitier #BlackHistoryMonth
February 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
"I became interested in the civil rights struggle out of the necessity to survive." - Sidney Poitier #BlackHistoryMonth
"All that you touch, you change. All that you change, changes you." - Octavia E. Butler #BlackHistoryMonth
February 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
"All that you touch, you change. All that you change, changes you." - Octavia E. Butler #BlackHistoryMonth
"Most people go through life with their boat tied up next to the pier. What made me a hero was that I weighed anchor." - Bill Pinkney, the first African American to sail a solo voyage around the world #BlackHistoryMonth
February 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
"Most people go through life with their boat tied up next to the pier. What made me a hero was that I weighed anchor." - Bill Pinkney, the first African American to sail a solo voyage around the world #BlackHistoryMonth
"If there's no enemy within you, you can beat the world." - Darnell Ferguson #BlackHistoryMonth
February 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM
"If there's no enemy within you, you can beat the world." - Darnell Ferguson #BlackHistoryMonth
When Roberta Flack sang a song, she owned it... and you. One of the truly great vocalists has left us. May she rest in peace. youtu.be/qk-T9rRBTEU?...
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (2020 Remaster)
YouTube video by Roberta Flack - Topic
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February 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
When Roberta Flack sang a song, she owned it... and you. One of the truly great vocalists has left us. May she rest in peace. youtu.be/qk-T9rRBTEU?...
"We have survived and continue to survive because as artists and activists, as storytellers and change-makers of all kinds, we know that no matter how crazy and deadly a moment seems, we continue to stare the future down in order to show the way to it." - Jacqueline Woodson #BlackHistoryMonth
February 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
"We have survived and continue to survive because as artists and activists, as storytellers and change-makers of all kinds, we know that no matter how crazy and deadly a moment seems, we continue to stare the future down in order to show the way to it." - Jacqueline Woodson #BlackHistoryMonth
"It took me a hundred years to figure out I can't change the world. I can only change myself. And honey, that ain't easy either." - A. Elizabeth Delany (1891-1995) #BlackHistoryMonth
February 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
"It took me a hundred years to figure out I can't change the world. I can only change myself. And honey, that ain't easy either." - A. Elizabeth Delany (1891-1995) #BlackHistoryMonth
"'We' is the most important word in the social justice vocabulary. The issue is not what we can't do, but what we *can* do when we stand together." - William J. Barber II #BlackHistoryMonth
February 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
"'We' is the most important word in the social justice vocabulary. The issue is not what we can't do, but what we *can* do when we stand together." - William J. Barber II #BlackHistoryMonth
"People are ignorant of the things that affect their actions, yet they rarely *feel* ignorant." - Malcolm Gladwell #BlackHistoryMonth
February 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
"People are ignorant of the things that affect their actions, yet they rarely *feel* ignorant." - Malcolm Gladwell #BlackHistoryMonth
"There's always light, if only we are brave enough to see it; if only we're brave enough to be it." - Amanda Gorman #BlackHistoryMonth
February 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
"There's always light, if only we are brave enough to see it; if only we're brave enough to be it." - Amanda Gorman #BlackHistoryMonth
"I leave you love. Love builds. It is positive and helpful." - Mary McLeod Bethune
"Love supersedes all armies." - Dick Gregory #BlackHistoryMonth
"Love supersedes all armies." - Dick Gregory #BlackHistoryMonth
February 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"I leave you love. Love builds. It is positive and helpful." - Mary McLeod Bethune
"Love supersedes all armies." - Dick Gregory #BlackHistoryMonth
"Love supersedes all armies." - Dick Gregory #BlackHistoryMonth
"I want us always to remember never to give our power away, but to always figure out how we can share it with somebody else." - Brittany Packnett Cunningham #BlackHistoryMonth
February 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
"I want us always to remember never to give our power away, but to always figure out how we can share it with somebody else." - Brittany Packnett Cunningham #BlackHistoryMonth
"When life knocks you down, try to fall on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up." - Les Brown #BlackHistoryMonth
February 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
"When life knocks you down, try to fall on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up." - Les Brown #BlackHistoryMonth
"Not everybody is healthy enough to have a front-row seat in your life." - Susan L. Taylor #BlackHistoryMonth
February 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"Not everybody is healthy enough to have a front-row seat in your life." - Susan L. Taylor #BlackHistoryMonth
"I had to make my own living and my own opportunity... Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. You have to get up and make them." - Madam CJ Walker #BlackHistoryMonth
February 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"I had to make my own living and my own opportunity... Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. You have to get up and make them." - Madam CJ Walker #BlackHistoryMonth
"If our society had a commonly held understanding of the meaning of love, the act of loving would not be so mystifying." - bell hooks #BlackHistoryMonth
February 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"If our society had a commonly held understanding of the meaning of love, the act of loving would not be so mystifying." - bell hooks #BlackHistoryMonth
Uncle Swan congratulates whoever had "214 days" in the "When Will It Finally Rain?" pool. The UK has had prime ministers and celebrity couples have had marriages that didn't last nearly as long. #raininginvegas
February 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Uncle Swan congratulates whoever had "214 days" in the "When Will It Finally Rain?" pool. The UK has had prime ministers and celebrity couples have had marriages that didn't last nearly as long. #raininginvegas