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BETTER WITH CREAM

2012-01-29T04:57:00.003-06:00

TERESA IS NOT DEAD: LATEST TWITTER DEATH HOAX SPREADS QUICKLY

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Teresa is not dead, though a rumor spread like wildfire on Saturday night and into Sunday on social media sites. While a few Frog Applause fans scrambled for verification, others celebrated the demise of Teresa's comic strip on GoComics. "The wicked wench is dead and so is her lame ass comic strip!"

BEARS

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BOOK

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via amazon.

CAT

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SITTING

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via devoraran.

OUT OF STOCK

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BEETLE

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via scandinaviandesignlab.

PINK PANTHER

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GREED

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BIKE

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©Unknown

HOKUSAI

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Cranes from Quick Lessons in Simplified Drawing, 1823.

♥YES, WE FEEL THE LOVE♥

2012-01-29T02:00:00.002-06:00

Some admiration? Hey, I'll take what I can get!

Oh, yeah... sorry that none of these Frog-Apps suit you:

Five Interesting Frog Apps for iPhone and iPad

FAST-FOOD COUNTER

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.OD

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BUS STOP

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COLLIER'S MAGAZINE (1916)

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Click image to enlarge

Thanks, Craig.

KNOCK LOUDLY. I'M HOME.

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ELIZABETH TAYLOR

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STEERING WHEEL

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THE BEATLES

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©Unknown

CATWALK

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JOHN COLLIER

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Lady Godiva, 1898.

THE WEEKEND ISN'T OVER YET: ANOTHER INVITATION

2012-01-28T22:10:00.006-06:00

Welcome to the ~~big-time~~ lame-time, Steve. Your life will NEVER be the same. One can only imagine how some of the guest alumni of FA are coping with their day of ~~fame~~ shame now. Jeff! Mitra! If you're out there somewhere in the frogosphere, let's hear from you...
Jeff Kersten:
http://www.gocomics.com/frogapplause/2008/11/08
Mitra Farmand:
http://www.gocomics.com/frogapplause/2008/12/07
(After visiting the comments history for Jeff and Mitra, it's interesting to note that they have both vanished from GoComics. Is there a correlation between their appearances on Frog Applause and their disappearances? Should Vlad be considered a person of interest?)

INGRID THULIN

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NASA

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Vlad's fuselage section is held together with two bolts.

FERNAND TOUSSAINT (1873-1955)

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ROOF

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HELENE SCHJERFBECK

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FROZEN

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Death sentences for rapists might make a difference, too.

DOG VS BEAR

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SINNERS

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SNOW PLOW

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MOVIE POSTER (1941)

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MEN AT WORK

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FINGERPAINTING

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Wow!!

CAT HANGER

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KNIVES MADE FROM BICYCLE CHAINS

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JOHN STEINBECK

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In November of 1958, John Steinbeck — the renowned author of, most notably, The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, and Of Mice and Men — received a letter from his eldest son, Thom, who was attending boarding school. In it, the teenager spoke of Susan, a young girl with whom he believed he had fallen in love. Steinbeck replied the same day.

New York
November 10, 1958

Dear Thom:

We had your letter this morning. I will answer it from my point of view and of course Elaine will from hers.

First—if you are in love—that’s a good thing—that’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light to you.

Second—There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The other is an outpouring of everything good in you—of kindness and consideration and respect—not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. The first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can release in you strength, and courage and goodness and even wisdom you didn’t know you had.

You say this is not puppy love. If you feel so deeply—of course it isn’t puppy love.

But I don’t think you were asking me what you feel. You know better than anyone. What you wanted me to help you with is what to do about it—and that I can tell you.

Glory in it for one thing and be very glad and grateful for it.

The object of love is the best and most beautiful. Try to live up to it.

If you love someone—there is no possible harm in saying so—only you must remember that some people are very shy and sometimes the saying must take that shyness into consideration.

Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.

It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another—but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.

Lastly, I know your feeling because I have it and I’m glad you have it.

We will be glad to meet Susan. She will be very welcome. But Elaine will make all such arrangements because that is her province and she will be very glad to. She knows about love too and maybe she can give you more help than I can.

And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens—The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Love,
Fa

Source: Steinbeck: A Life in Letters

DIXIE CUP CONTEST

2012-01-28T02:41:00.001-06:00

Hurry, Frog Blog readers. Your entries must be postmarked no later than May 30, 1958!

WONDER WOMAN

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ALEX GROSS

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Transformed vintage portraits. More transformations here.

VIBRATIONS

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INVITATION

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Vlad will be devastated if no one leaves a comment to welcome his first strip tomorrow. He's hoping that all of his fans will show up, as well as some first-time commenters. Check out the GoComics.com Frog Applause page on Saturday, January 28. Vlad is optimistically shooting for 100 comments. Help him get there!

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01-28-12

Poor Vlad. I begged him to let me help him with his grammar and his gray, uneven linework. He stubbornly refused. He was determined to draw his comic strip his way. Please be kind. He has a fragile ego.

Thanks to margueritem for changing her avatar:

Thanks to celarius for adding today's strip to her favorites:

Thanks to first-timer lynne:

WILLIAM CLARKE WONTER (1857-1930)

2012-01-27T23:37:00.000-06:00

e.e. cummings

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LEAD BELLY (1945)

2012-01-27T20:51:00.000-06:00

The only known film of blues musician Lead Belly. Here he plays Grey Goose’, ‘Take This Hammer’ and ‘Pick a Bale of Cotton.’

UNICEF POSTERS

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THE ROLLING STONES - PAINT IT BLACK

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TEARS

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MOVABLE TYPE

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A short film about letterpress and one of the few remaining movable-type printing workshops in the UK (Plymouth University).

BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS

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Jack Nicholson, 1958

Tommy Lee Jones, 1968

Willie Nelson, 1969

Barbara Bush, 1940

(Really? I thought this was Tina Louise!)

HITLER IN COLOR

2012-01-27T20:14:00.000-06:00

Dining with his personal physician

Hitler's office in Berlin

Hitler's estate in Berchtesgaden, Upper Bavaria, Germany, late 1930s.

photos: Hugo Jaeger
More here.

BUTTERFLIES

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CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD GUIDE ON HOW TO REACT WHEN SCREWING UP A SCENE

2012-01-27T18:02:00.000-06:00

Master classes by Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Carole Lombard, Claudette Colbert, Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Kay Francis, Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, George Brent, Merle Oberon, Patricia Neal, Mickey Rooney and more.

RADISHES

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DOLPHIN

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THE DAY I MET DAVE

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HONEYMOONING IN HAWAII

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Click image to enlarge

If I didn't know better, I'd say "Dave" is really Flight Suit.

BUNNY CHAIRS

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design team: Aleksej Iskos and Boris Berlin. via iskos-berlin.

Thanks, David M.

20TH CENTURY FOX FLUTE EDITION

2012-01-27T17:28:00.005-06:00

We believe you, fear-ciuil!

WHITE DRESS

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BEAST

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©Unknown

JOAN BRADSHAW

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ROBERT HEGYES (1951-2012)

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Juan Epstein of Welcome Back Kotter dead at 60 of a heart attack.

ANITA EKBERG

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A LITTLE OF THIS

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LP COVER

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SELF-PROMOTION

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QUOTE

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"Non minor est virtus quam quoerere parta tueri."

To retain is sometimes as difficult as to acquire.

MONGOOSE EATING COBRA

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EXPLODING TV

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GIRAFFES

2012-01-26T20:51:00.000-06:00

LITANY - BILLY COLLINS

2012-01-26T20:42:00.002-06:00

I've posted the little boy's reading of "Litany" before, but it's nice to hear it recited by the poet himself. (I prefer the little boy.)

Litany
You are the bread and the knife,
The crystal goblet and the wine...
-Jacques Crickillon

You are the bread and the knife,
the crystal goblet and the wine.
You are the dew on the morning grass
and the burning wheel of the sun.
You are the white apron of the baker,
and the marsh birds suddenly in flight.

However, you are not the wind in the orchard,
the plums on the counter,
or the house of cards.
And you are certainly not the pine-scented air.
There is just no way that you are the pine-scented air.

It is possible that you are the fish under the bridge,
maybe even the pigeon on the general's head,
but you are not even close
to being the field of cornflowers at dusk.

And a quick look in the mirror will show
that you are neither the boots in the corner
nor the boat asleep in its boathouse.

It might interest you to know,
speaking of the plentiful imagery of the world,
that I am the sound of rain on the roof.

I also happen to be the shooting star,
the evening paper blowing down an alley
and the basket of chestnuts on the kitchen table.

I am also the moon in the trees
and the blind woman's tea cup.
But don't worry, I'm not the bread and the knife.
You are still the bread and the knife.
You will always be the bread and the knife,
not to mention the crystal goblet and--somehow--the wine.

DANGER, WILL ROBINSON!

2012-01-26T20:13:00.001-06:00

LOS ANGELES -- Dick Tufeld, a radio and TV announcer best known as the voice of the robot in the 1960s television show "Lost in Space," has died. He was 85.

Tufeld's career included announcing for the 1950s radio show "Space Patrol." He also worked on hundreds of commercials, sports and news programs and TV shows ranging from "Zorro" to "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea."

However, Tufeld is perhaps best known for voicing the "Lost in Space" robot, whose warnings of "Danger, Will Robinson!" became a catchphrase.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/25/4215109/dick-tufeld-voice-of-lost-in-space.html#storylink=cpy

BALL BOY MAKES OUTSTANDING CATCH AT AUSTRALIAN OPEN

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WIL BARNET (1911- )

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Woman Reading, 1970. Bio here.

Painting at 99, with no compromises. via nytimes.

OPEN CAR WINDOW

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WHITE LION CUBS (ARGENTINA)

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Triplets born to a pair of white lions imported from South Africa.

FROSTYO'S

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UMBRELLA

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VALERIE SOLANAS, ANDY WARHOL, AND THE SCUM MANIFESTO

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Valerie Jean Solanas (1936 – 1988) was an American radical feminist writer, best known for her attempted murder of Andy Warhol in 1968. She wrote the SCUM Manifesto, which urged women to "overthrow the government, eliminate the money system, institute complete automation and eliminate the male sex. (Some authors regard the manifesto as a parody of patriarchy and a satirical work.)

Click text to enlarge or visit site. Site here.

More about the SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men) Manifesto here.

READING THE COMICS

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HE-SHE

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THE REAL AMERICAN CUT ELVIS TWIST JEANS

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TIME FOR BREAKFAST, DEAR

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BUT HOW?

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SACRIFICES

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BUST

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COMMON FACIAL MARKINGS FOR HORSES

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Keep in mind that the following patterns often have subtle variations:

Bald: White that starts above the forehead, goes to the muzzle, and extends beyond the bridge of the nose to the side of the face

Blaze: Wide white area that runs along the bridge of the nose

Snip: White spot located on the muzzle, between or just below the nostrils

Star: White spot on the forehead

Stripe: Narrow white stripe down the center of the face, on the bridge of the nose

HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC

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Deux femmes faisant leur lit (Two Women Making the Bed), 1891.

FEDE RING (ITALY, 1400s)

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Silver, engraved. This ring combines the ancient fede (faith) motif of two hands clasped together, with another motif depicting two hands holding a heart. These symbols signified love and fidelity. It is likely that this ring was a love token, representing everlasting love, or perhaps a betrothal ring. Fede rings were made all over Europe in the Middle Ages.

BLUEBIRD ANIMATION BASED ON THE CHARLES BUKOWSKI POEM "BLUEBIRD"

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animated by Monika Umba, poem here.

LETTER

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Joseph Roth to Stefan Zweig, Berlin, June 20, 1930. From Joseph Roth: A Life in Letters.

SWINGS

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JAN SLUIJTERS

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Portrait of Karin Leyden, 1931.

ARTISTS

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ILYA BOLOTOWSKY

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In the Barber Shop, 1934.

ORSON WELLES

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