Friday, June 26, 2015

Damn clowns

Image from page 140 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)

"Ha!" thought Cecelia.  "If they thought neutral mask work was creepy before..."

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Handy with his hands

Image from page 578 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)

Hephaistos found that making sex dolls was not as easy as he had hoped.

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Varieties of Religious Experience, illustrated

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After the acid kicked in, Phokas' head may have been obliterated, but he could fucking play that horn.

Monday, June 22, 2015

Back in Arcadia...

Image from page 574 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)

Daphne found that there were drawbacks to being a tree, not the least of which was the Aeolian twins' gag about "Hey, Daphne, wanna blow job?"

[Pedant alert: I am fully aware that Daphne was transformed into a laurel, which is evergreen.  Bite me.)

Friday, June 19, 2015

Meanwhile in the Netherlands

Image from page 393 of "De Bykorf des Gemoeds : Honing zaamelende uit allerley Bloemen" (1711)

Ignaas was pretty sure that you couldn't catapult boats to the Rhine, but he invested in Martel's scheme anyway.

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Most High

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Most people don't know this, but St. Xavier kept a lit censor under his robes, right under his roach clip.  Ready to blaze, he was.

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

One day in Babylonia

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"And then I says to him, I says, what about a cock for a cock, eh, Hammurabi? Code my ass! Bastard di'n't have much to say after that, did he?"

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

And then he drowned

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Billy Argos had had dreams—bad dreams—and he'd heard the mermaids singing.  Ew.

Monday, June 15, 2015

Feed me!

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Seymour and Audrey's twins were about as unprepossessing as one might expect.

Friday, June 12, 2015

There's got to be a morning after

Image from page 139 of "Devises heroiques et emblemes" (1622)

After a night of meth and Molly, Sauron was feeling it, and fuck if he hadn't lost his ring somewhere.

Thursday, June 11, 2015

That would explain the itching.

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Trixie's pelvic exam revealed that a colony of aggressive yeasts had fortified themselves against attack inside her vagina.

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Metamorphoses

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All in all, Iapheth mused, being turned into a monkey was fine with him as long as he got to suck on Ishtar's fine, fine titties.

Monday, June 8, 2015

Marketing misfires

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New rapper Mos Tavrvs never knew that his art director had sabotaged his debut album with a title track that everyone but Mos knew meant "Shut the fuck up."

Friday, June 5, 2015

Lift that knee!

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God's workouts were hell, but Thaddeus had to admit his ass had never looked better.

Thursday, June 4, 2015

The Babylonian Bondage

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Haggai was finding it difficult to remember that the safe word was "Hammurabi."

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

New horizons

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Clarissa was wary when Demetrius showed her the new toy he had brought, but "in for a penny in for a pound" was her motto.

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Branching out

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Brayden was a vanilla kind of boy, so he had no idea what to expect when a furry invited him home.  But he adapted quickly.