The random nerdy interests of a random nerdy person
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Icon table generated by Chlor’s Icon Table Generator
Icons from the comic William of Newbury, issues 1-3. Published by Dark Horse. Art and writing by Michael Avon Oeming. Icons made by me – if you want to credit me, I’m Silvercat17 on Dreamwidth and WingedTyger on Tumblr.
I’m sad that there’s only one more issue. I hope more mini-series get published because it’s really good.
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Back in the late 80s, six issues of the Thundercats Magazine were published.
They, uh, honestly didn’t have a ton to do with Thundercats: the contents were a Thundercats cover, usually reproduced as a poster; a letter page with fanart; short movie, book, and tv promos (Eye on Earth); articles about nature or something else of interest; puzzles and a quiz; lots and lots of ads; and a short Thundercats comic.
The file name says which issue. If you want to credit, I’m Silvercat17 on Dreamwidth or WingedTyger on Tumblr
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I found these images to make icons for Rainbow Fic on Dreamwidth and it’s related communities. There’s actually more than I can use. Anyway, I’m sharing them in three sizes – 100px, 200px, and 600px – which should work for wherever you want to use them. (I think it’s Discord that wanted a great big size). Credit to Silvercat17 if you want; I don’t really care. Do whatever you want with them.
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This is an ad from McClure’s Magazine, from about 1900? I can’t find anything about Emerson bicycle shoes, but the Butler Boys were professional cyclists in 1890-1910. Only Nat has a reasonable sized Wikipedia article (Tom has a stub and Frank has nothing at all). While born in Halifax, Canada, they grew up in Cambridge Massachusetts and raced in America and Europe.
I’m guessing the ‘safety’ part of it meant that the laces weren’t long enough to get caught in the chain. Pratt Fasteners are a way to secure the laces without tying – it looks like they’re kind of like keychain rings? You seem to slide the lace between two metal rings. The best image I can find is at Getty Images (I had to turn off my ad-block to see the image) Pratt Fasteners were apparently popular for a while – a google image search finds a good number of ads mentioning them.
Transcription:
The Butler Boys prefer the Emerson Safety Bicycle Shoe
Elastic Gores.
Pratt Fasteners. No knots to tie or untie – Always Sure.
Fast Color Eyelets and Hooks. Never get brassy.
Best on Earth.
The safest, easiest and best bicycle shoe ever made. Strong, light, best of stock and workmanship. The very flexible shank, elastic gores and Pratt Fasteners are essential elements of ease, comfort and safety.
Sold only in our 27 Emerson Stores ore by mail. Send for “Mail” Catalogue. R.B. Grover & Co., Brockton, Mass.
$3.50 or $3.75 if sent by mail.
Please mention McClure’s when you write to advertisers.
(end of Transcription)
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This is the back of the previous scan. I like the art on the other one better. It appears that every page had the same artwork on the front and back, if the two pages I have are an indication.
Her Hand
It is so very white and small
One cannot understand at all
How it could be so great a prize
As truly it is in my eyes,
Nor how, and with such cunning art,
Relentlessly it holds my heart.
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I couldn’t find the author for this. It’s apparently out of a poetry book or magazine. I have a couple of pages from it. Every page has the same art on the front and back. There are the initials “E.L” in the bottom left corner – I’m assuming it’s the artist. My other page is framed and I don’t want to open it up to check.
I suspect this is a specific type of poem, but I’m not a poetry expert, so feel free to tell me what it is.
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I’m running two communities on Dreamwidth that you should check out.
I was given the Writers Cafe from the previous admin and I made Just Create. Every Friday I post a check-in to share what people have done, seen, made, or read and then Saturday or Sunday they each get a session for making stuff.
If you’d like a community to encourage you on, come check them out.
We had a roadrunner in the yard. If you haven’t seen them in person, they’re pretty large birds – probably the size of a parrot.
I also finally finished the sampler I started before I went to the Netherlands! (I worked on it very intermittedly). The plan was for every line to be a different stitch, but one of the ones I planned didn’t look good as a straight line so I reused one.
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I just read Tamales in Space, and Other Phrases For the Beginning Speaker and it nearly made me cry. It’s a beautiful short story about communication difficulties, diaspora, and homesickness.
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