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The 7th Royal Jedburgh Thespian Reivers

By on July 26, 2011 in General Skwib, Hinky History, Parody & Satire, Toulouse Le Grandfig
The 7th Royal Jedburgh Thespian Reivers by crowolfThe 7th Royal Jedburgh Thespian Reivers, pictured in their December 1918 performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. A photo by crowolf.

by John “Jay” Glenn, channeling Toulouse Le Grandfig

Everyone in the the 7th Royal Jedburgh Thespian Reivers agreed the American cavalryman that had bravely volunteered to play the role of Nick Bottom was the cat’s pajamas.

But Ned’s stunning portrayal of Titania, Queen of the Fairies, would have outshone them all had it not been tragically truncated by the resumption of German artillery barrages. Ned was never the same.

Also pictured, Jonathan Colmore as Mote, Billy Campbell as Cobweb and John Craw as Peasblossom. not pictured, James “Nebless Jim” Armstrong as Mustardseed (who was in hospital with trenchnose at the time of the performance).

If you enjoy humor based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, check out my second novel, Marvellous Hairy.

Alltop is a humor barrage. Thanks to Crowolf for the pic and story!

Bob was never a joiner

By on June 14, 2011 in Toulouse Le Grandfig
Conemen I by laurence.winram
Conemen I, a photo by laurence.winram on Flickr.

He had to admit the outfit was pretty spectacular, and the fringe benefits of membership were pretty good too — not only would it forestall your evisceration via tongs and razor-fingers, but you also got to run the world.

The Fraternity of the Cone had been in charge since the Counter-Reformation, but they’d kept their nifty hats mostly on the down-low, only wearing them on extended “hunts” and during their annual Ribfest. Bob had been tracked by the “recruitment committee” for several days in the Scottish Highlands (at least, Bob surmised it was Scotland — he’d awakened in the thick grass and heather instead of his Boston apartment two days ago.)

They just couldn’t seem to take no for an answer, and Bob thought they were serious about the tongs and finger-blades thing, so he had one of two choices: let them feed on his intestines, or vaporize them all with his laser vision. (He was a descendent of Queen Victoria.)

He sighed. So much for his white suit.

Alltop likes a good finger-blade. You can buy prints of laurence.winram’s excellent and surreal “conemen” series at his Flickr site.

Diagram: Self-Awareness

By on June 9, 2011 in But is it art?, Parody & Satire
self awareness by lunchbreath
self awareness, a photo by lunchbreath on Flickr.

I’d have to have more brain space for “Thoughts of Tina Fey”, except they would be “Thoughts of Charlize Theron”.

Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)
–Walt Whitman

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
–Leo Tolstoy

Alltop thinks the unexamined life is worth living, but then, it’s a blog aggregator.

My heart is divided

By on June 5, 2011 in General Skwib
My heart is divided by Raid71
My heart is divided, a photo by Raid71 on Flickr.

I’d have to replace the original Star Wars Trilogy with friends.

Star Wars can move to where Lost is now. Cars/bike can be replaced by writing. T-shirts gets replaced by wind. Snow is replaced by beach.

I have no idea what Episode 3 is, but we’ll leave it instead of replacing it with apathy.