trying to kill a trope –
but the cinema clichés
refuse to die.
Tag: media literacy
Library life in Monochrome
I was challenged on Twitter by fellow blogger Calmgrove (Chris Lovegrove) – a black and white photo challenge on the topic of library life. Now that I have been challenged, some fellow bloggers on Twitter will find themselves called to library duty, starting with Hedy Bach Sloppybuddhist .
If you haven’t read Fielding’s picaresque novel, History of Tom Jones link provided. The Flora Fyrdraaca YA fantasy novels are a delight.
Media Literacy question: Why is Scooby Doo featured on Electrasol dishwasher tablets ?
Surreal Thursday: What the Doctor Ordered
Surreal: having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream; unreal; fantastic, phantasmagorical, uncanny, intense hyper-reality, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur. Characteristics associated with art and literature created by founders and followers of cultural movement known as Surrealism.
( The video came to my attention by way of Mobius Faith’s blog, On Being and Becoming. Make sure to check it out. )
What if Wednesday: Clowning Around With Search Engines
The Wang Wang Blues performed by Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra. The song was released as a 78 single by Whiteman and his Orchestra featuring Henry Busse on trumpet. Paul Whiteman recorded the song on August 9, 1920 in Camden, New Jersey. The song was released in December, 1920 as a Victor 78 single. The song is a pop and jazz standard.
Creepy clown phenomenon, faked and real reports stretches from Cape Breton (Canada) to southern American states. In one of the earliest incidents of creepy clowns this year, teenagers who were photographed in August wearing clown masks and wielding a chain allegedly chased kids home from a park in Gatineau, Que.
Clowns Mump and Smoot, won two Dora Mavor Moore Awards in 2003. They were also nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award for Comedic Play (Mump & Smoot in Flux) and are past recipients of a Canadian Comedy Award for Outstanding Performance in a Comedic Play.
Elliot Lake Clown sees clearly where to have family fun.
Dark Pines Photo 
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