I did an update of Johnny Horton's lyrics, one stanza per comment, on Facebook and Facebook decided I was trying to incite violence on a ship that had already sunk. Facebook didn't have a problem with guns & cut-downs mentioned anywhere in the song EXCEPT in the refrain. I appealed, they ruled against me, and I appealed to the Board, giving 'em a link to Horton's lyrics and said I posted about Facebook's rulings and now everybody thinks they're stupid. Johhny Horton is personna non grata on Facebook. :-}}

Suspicion confirmed--close-up of the Moskva's turrets reveal a Russian ally nobody's talking about.
#Daleks #Moscova #Ukraine

Thinks his name is Chester and he's in the commercial.

That's just one blue man; where's the Group?

Wrong. He wants all of Ukraine but since he failed at that, he's settling for the eastern slab of Ukraine that includes Mariupol and Odesa. Try again.

Hmmm...

AKA Space Angel, the first space adventurer who had an engineer aboard with a thick Scottish accent, only his name was Taurus.

Oh dear. When you talk about Scott McCloud and comics, it's THIS guy who comes to mind.

There's a lot to be said for the reading of encyclopedias.

I've been saying that sewage is a good renewable energy source for like over a decade now. High time! Applause!!

There's a white butterfly that really doesn't care. Its babies will eat all of them no matter what you call it, and I'll bet the butterfly doesn't have a name for 'em at all.

There's a musical movie of the 1920s that should experience a come-back in these times when autocrats/dictators/despots are on the rise, and I don't mean the 1920s stage play that was made into a movie in the 1940s (Gaslight). I do mean one whose music was written by Sigmund Romberg by the name of "New Moon". It's about a wrecked ship of the same name where the people thereon had to figure out how to live with each other beyond the reaches of civilization and laws. This image strikes a certain chord with one of the songs' lyrics:

As weather gets better I've been spending more time outside, looking for the first milkweeds up (none yet) and who's first among butterflies. In order of appearance:
Cabbage White
Another Cabbage White
Dainty Sulfur
Eastern Black Swallowtail
Red Admiral
Another Dainty Sulfur.
Below is the Red Admiral in question.

First Red Admiral butterfly of the year, apparently takes exception to humans watching him dine on apricot flowers.
"I see you watching me!"
#nature #butterfly #RedAdmiral #mywork

...and within seconds, Miguela posted an appropriate painting for this thread:

Spring is trying to get sprung loose of winter but with limited success. Apricots would be in full bloom by now, but they're not quite there this year at this time.
#myphoto #mywork #spring #flower #nature

Douglas Adams came back to haunt a fan today.
#HHGTTG

Dolly Parton knew that and I rather like the Dolly Parton vasectomy method.

Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati...a motto that goes well with pet possums, too.

Hey--Winston Rothschild III delivers. And...

My dear President Volodymyr Zelensky:

You called on President Biden to lead the world, but for who the real world leader is, you have but to look in your own mirror. The world salutes you.


Photo: Canadian Press