Author: Doc
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Sphynx
Copyright 2025 E. W. Parris Digital portrait
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The Unstoppable War Machine
Did the producers at Netflix celebrate when the current U.S. President declared war (not war police action. Not police action, regime change. whatever) on Iran? You have to think one of them did, right? This is probably here nor there. The basic plotline: A soldier, still grieving the loss of his brother, takes part in…
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The Path Not Taken
Recently Disney released a trailer for The Mandalorean and Grogu. It looks fun, like good-humored family fare—a return to the 1940s serial aesthetic of The New Hope. It feels like they’ve crammed as much fan service as they could into a two-minute ad. From the opening shots that could have been lifted whole-cloth from previous…
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Denial of Heroes
Copyright 2020 E.W. Parris Digital sketch
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That’s a shame.
Kristi Noem out as Homeland Security secretary Her ouster comes after two contentious days of her testimony before Congress. Trump says Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin will take her place. Looks like Kristi was taken out back to the gravel pit this morning. Well, if anyone can match her for unbelievable fuck-wittery, it’s Markwayne Mullin. At…
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Snippet Thursday
From The Dent in the Universe: Walrus hadn’t been home since Friday morning. His eyes were tinged with red, and his hand never strayed far from his double-caff RageCola. He and Workshop 3 smelled earthy. Even the ever-present perfume of fabric softener couldn’t mask the essence of overworked Walrus. But he was happy, drunk with…
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Julian
Copyright 2022 E.W. Parris Digital sketch Crosshatch study
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Gorillaz – The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
Simply beautiful.
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So long Star Trek, It’s been Nice.
I first watched Star Trek (now called The Original Series – TOS) with my father. He let me stay up to watch it. I was eight in 1966. We didn’t have a color TV then, so the crew’s yellow, red, and blue costumes and all the colorful blinking lights were lost on us. All those…
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Girl in Kimono
Procreate digital portrait. Copyright 2025 E.W. Parris