Thursday, May 28, 2015

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Shame about Billy's eyes...

Image from page 69 of "Devises heroiques et emblemes" (1622)

In planning for his seventh birthday party, Timmy's mom never considered that a fireworks-filled piñata might be problematic.

Monday, May 25, 2015

Sad beings

Image from page 292 of "Empresas espirituales y morales ..." (1613)

Glrxup was a happy little creature, humming his sweet little tunes and waving to all the ships that sailed by, so it hurt his feelings when they hurled harpoons at him.

Friday, May 22, 2015

Odd kink. Very odd kink.

Image from page 309 of "De Bykorf des Gemoeds : Honing zaamelende uit allerley Bloemen" (1711)

Clancy was thrilled to find a private corner of the Garden of Sexual Gratification where he could be shat upon by parakeets.

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Odd Kink.

Image from page 502 of "Emblemas morales de don Ivan de Horozco y Couarruuias : dedicadas a la buena memoria del presidente Don Diego de Couarruuias y Leya su tio" (1589)

Ball crushing. One of the many services provided by Miss Effie's House of Pleasure.

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

An unfair generalization*

Image from page 300 of "Empresas espirituales y morales ..." (1613)

A portrait of the average Republican voter's reaction to the world around him.
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*No, it's actually pretty accurate.

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Triomph!

Image from page 387 of "Iconologia" (1764)

Muriel's career as a kindergarten teacher came to an abrupt end when hercompetitive streak got the better of her during her class's game of capture the flag.

Monday, May 18, 2015

The 12th Principle: Don't be lame

Image from page 89 of "Devises heroiques et emblemes" (1622)

Matteo's project proposal, consisting as it did of simply burning a wagon, was rejected outright by the Burning Man committee as being "too stupid to burn."

Friday, May 15, 2015

Chacun à son goût, again

Image from page 106 of "Omnia D. And. Alciati emblemata : ad quae singula, praeter concinnas acutásque inscriptiones, lepidas & expressas imagines, ac caetera omnia, quae prioribus nostris editionibus cúm ad eorum distinctionem, tum ad ornatum & correctio

Among the odder practices of the Sardinians, that of "sea-fucking" stood out.

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Chacun à son goût

Image from page 474 of "Emblemas morales de don Ivan de Horozco y Couarruuias : dedicadas a la buena memoria del presidente Don Diego de Couarruuias y Leya su tio" (1589)

Jörgen couldn't explain why watching cities burn gave him a hard-on.  All that he knew is that they did.

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Behind closed doors

Image from page 482 of "Emblemas morales de don Ivan de Horozco y Couarruuias : dedicadas a la buena memoria del presidente Don Diego de Couarruuias y Leya su tio" (1589)

Sometimes Derek and Joey's cosplay got out of hand, but they always kept the cameras rolling.

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Just say yes.

Image from page 100 of "Omnia D. And. Alciati emblemata : ad quae singula, praeter concinnas acutásque inscriptiones, lepidas & expressas imagines, ac caetera omnia, quae prioribus nostris editionibus cúm ad eorum distinctionem, tum ad ornatum & correctio

"I told you 3g was not enough," Morten croaked back to his friend, and then abandoned himself to the flight.

Monday, May 11, 2015

At least that's what they've been led to believe

Image from page 105 of "Omnia D. And. Alciati emblemata : ad quae singula, praeter concinnas acutásque inscriptiones, lepidas & expressas imagines, ac caetera omnia, quae prioribus nostris editionibus cúm ad eorum distinctionem, tum ad ornatum & correctio

Among the Albigensians, preparing the mud pit for the Wrasslin' Festival was a special honor.

Friday, May 8, 2015

I'll show myself out

Image from page 361 of "Iconologia" (1764)

"I want my baby back, baby back, baby back, baby back ribs, I want my baby back, baby back, baby back, baby back ribs, Chili's baby back ribs, barbecue sauce."

Thursday, May 7, 2015

The irony of owls

Image from page 363 of "Iconologia" (1764)

"Hey, guys, wait up!" shouted Minerva.  "Artemis!  Hera!  You guys!"  


—or—

For all her fabled wisdom, Minerva could never figure out why she always lost the chariot races.

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Life is all about choices

Image from page 92 of "Omnia D. And. Alciati emblemata : ad quae singula, praeter concinnas acutásque inscriptiones, lepidas & expressas imagines, ac caetera omnia, quae prioribus nostris editionibus cúm ad eorum distinctionem, tum ad ornatum & correction

"Whatcha doin'?  Are you mending nets?  Is that what you're doing?  That's cool.  How'd you learn to do that even? Hey, you wanna go watch the sunset?"

No matter how lonely it got on the mountain, Spiridon mused, he shouldn't have wished that his goat could talk.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Another cunning idea goes pflui

Image from page 64 of "Ichnographia emblematica triplicis ad Deum Tri-unum mysticae viae, purgativae, illuminativae, unitivae : splendoribus sanctorum, virtutibus eorum, divinisque charismatibus illustrata, in quinque partes divisa ..." (1779)

Brother Krasomir found that with a few chin-ups on the palm tree, he could train a crow to stick potatoes on its fronds.  Oddly, though, no one else in the hermitage found this entertaining.

Monday, May 4, 2015

Meanwhile, in Bordeaux...

Image from page 169 of "De Bykorf des Gemoeds : Honing zaamelende uit allerley Bloemen" (1711)

While life on the road was sometimes fun, Armel often reconsidered his career as a one-man carnival ride attraction.

Friday, May 1, 2015

An unfortunate oversight

Image from page 69 of "Omnia D. And. Alciati emblemata : ad quae singula, praeter concinnas acutásque inscriptiones, lepidas & expressas imagines, ac caetera omnia, quae prioribus nostris editionibus cúm ad eorum distinctionem, tum ad ornatum & correction

In retrospect, scheduling the North American Furry Convention in the same venue as the Westminster Pit Bull Barn Hunt Trial was a mistake of tragic proportions.