Turning Up Bones
Because we’ll all be fossils one day.
The fact and fiction of David Lee Holcomb. You decide which is which.
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One-hundred seventy-one years ago, Edgar Allen Poe published his “Murders in the Rue Morgue”: a genre was born, and I, for one, am thankful. I do love a good detective mystery, now and then. Click here to continue
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The world has been treated, over the last several days, to a somewhat embarrassing overlap between two of the world’s oldest professions: those of the Fighting Man and the Working Girl. Click here to continue
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The wind is rushing around outside like — well, think of your favorite simile: the ocean; a herd of buffalo; a horde of flying monkeys. Click here to continue
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I expect any person of even minimal intelligence to know that sometimes it’s just not a good idea to go outside to investigate the strange noises in the woods, or to stay in Boca Grande when the phone lines go down and the US ambassador has just headed for the border. Click here to continue
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I’ve been neglecting this blog for the past few days. Naturally, I have plenty of excuses: a miserable bout of spring allergies, a busy Easter weekend, new clients to sort out … My creativity really shines when it comes to thinking up excuses. Click here to continue
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Back in the mists of history — about the fifth grade, I think it was — a teacher informed me that my mouth seemed to operate a bit too much ahead of my brain. Click here to continue
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There are no hard and fast rules about what is “highbrow” and what isn’t: like pornography, we all generally know what’s meant. Shakespeare, opera, live theater generally, and movies with subtitles, are highbrow; professional wrestling, monster truck rallies, the NFL, and fireworks are not. Click here to continue
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Despite two decades behind a computer (I remember Photoshop 1.0!) I still enjoy getting my hands dirty whenever I can with the kinds of art that don’t involve a mouse and a keyboard. Click here to continue
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On the Mexican 200-peso note, in place of the usual frock-coated revolutionary leaders and be-feathered Aztec potentates, is a portrait of a woman, wearing the cowl of a nun. Click here to continue
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The mere fact that twenty-six states have a State Reptile and at least one state (Louisiana) has a State Meat Pie says more about the tendency of legislators to waste time than anything else. Click here to continue