It's the glare from the reflection making patterns in your eye

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Apologies for the list format. There will be a post with actual content when I get back from running errands.

1. I have been forgetting to post a link to this for days: Profane Love: Derek Jarman and Caravaggio, a video essay by Matt Cheney.

2. I don't believe these people are angling for an Ig Nobel, but I suspect it will be some kind of miscarriage of science if they don't eventually get one: they are fundraising to study the explosive erections of ducks.

3. I am hoping to watch Obsession (1949) tonight on TCM. It's a crime film/thriller made in England by Edward Dmytryk during his Hollywood blacklist period; I've read about it, but never even seen a copy in a library. I don't believe it exists on DVD. For people who have televisions and like Robert Newton, you might want to check your local schedule.

schreibergasse, my nephew called this morning to thank me for Dragonbreath. Success.

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[teenybuffalo.livejournal.com]

oh god duck penis why why why

*breath*

One of our mutual friends who works on the Ig Nobels told me years ago that there had been either a nominee or award recipient who had gained fame, or something, for a study on homosexual necrophilia in ducks. Apparently male ducks willingly have sex with male duck corpses--or at least, it's happened once, in front of scientists.

(Of course I came out with my favorite Tom Swiftie, " 'I'm a necrophiliac,' said Tom in dead earnest," but Our Mutual Friend was not amused.)

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One of our mutual friends who works on the Ig Nobels told me years ago that there had been either a nominee or award recipient who had gained fame, or something, for a study on homosexual necrophilia in ducks.

Biology in 2003, I believe. Sadly, not the year I attended the ceremony.

(Of course I came out with my favorite Tom Swiftie, " 'I'm a necrophiliac,' said Tom in dead earnest," but Our Mutual Friend was not amused.)

*snerk*