[-] erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Great factoid and great un.

[-] erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Haha, right. Francis Bacon painted the metal one in 1953.

Not this Francis Bacon: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon that died in 1626,

but this one: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon_(artist)

It was based on a painting by Valazquez in 1650.

[-] erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I grew up near one of the battlefields and they attract all kinds of history buffs. In, fact my history teacher in high school is one of these guys.

He'd take us to the battlefield, the middle of the field, and explain what we'd be seeing if we were there at the time. It was incredible, even as a kid. But, I still didn't have as much appreciation for it as I would now.

Education is wasted on the youth.

I see him on FB occasionally and ask him to make videos, but he doesn't have the time. So it goes.

[-] erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Omg, you saying that is giving me 3-body flashbacks. Book 2 or 3 I think.

[-] erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it wasn't obvious to me either, I read it somewhere while researching this painting. Great piece tho.

[-] erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Or they'll start injecting ads directly into the media.

Oh wait, they're already doing this. I forgot about the 45 minute Chevy ad in Barbie.

[-] erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you for all the art! I love learning about them.

[-] erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No offense, brother, but this is a great example of my swear-by.

Don't write a "wall of text." Even if a reader is interested, it's hard to read the whole thing.

Separate your wall into smaller sections, use bullet points (esp at work) if it helps.

Use small sentences. Forget what they told you about keeping similar ideas in one paragraph. You're not Salinger, and no one is expecting you to be.

This is a digital age, and our job as not-salinger is to convey information.

[-] erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Plus, I used to set my new tab page to Google, but God, it's so bad. There's always some stupid image for some stupid anniversary like Mary F. Dinklehorn becoming the first trans-gay-librarian in Antarctica or something (not that I'm against any of that) I just want to get some work done and not be distracted by Google desperately clinging to power.

But Drive is nice, I like that.

[-] erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I feel this.

I would save so much money if I had enough time to cook.

[-] erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I love Brian Regan, but I haven't heard this bit. What's it from?

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