The kabuki actor Arashi Rikan II, depicted between two large toads. A print by Shunkôsai Hokushû, c. 1830.

Our Lord Receives the Dead Child by Anna Ancher, 1917.

In the Church by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky, c. late 1800s.

The Poor Author and the Rich Bookseller by Washington Allston, 1811.

Plumbing problems are the worst. Donate if you can!

The colors outside make me want to go wander around in a graveyard for an afternoon. Forecast is calling for snow on Monday

Starting some rough sketch ideas for this year’s Christmas card

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Doctor Who,” or “Transformers.” Senor Cardgage Mortgage helped consolidate my whole life into this tiny box

Someone decided to bring the flavor to the fish AND the flavor to the rice

Reading books like Wind in the Willows or The Hobbit aloud is a reminder that writing prose that is pleasurable to speak as well as to read is an added layer of skill which eludes many authors

Started a new read-aloud book with my youngest.

Aletheia is going to see Yo-Yo Ma in concert tonight and I’m not jealous at all

Please, I do not need to see Catholic Pat content. There’s a reason I had him blocked on the Bad Site

I regret to inform you that I am not immune to pandering nostalgia after all variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Man Dancing with a Dog by François Verwilt, c. 1600s.

Find someone who loves you the way Ohioans love putting the shape of their state on every possible piece of branding

I will support any New York mayoral candidate who admits bodegas are just convenience stores and everywhere in the world has them

"November" from a calendar by Theo van Hoytema, 1909.

Dogs really have the market cornered when it comes to incessant and disgusting licking noises

Them Cuomo boys are at it again

Mental Calculation by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky, 1897.

Four years ago I posted this on Twitter and a zillion people tagged How Did This Get Made in the comments until the podcast confirmed that Jason Mantzoukas had seen it

I have not seen Wicked but why are they treating Dorothy the way Ben-Hur treated Jesus?

Back to the normal username, new spooky pfp

Getting back into the Habit (saying a Rosary on my fingers during my morning walk)

Machina del Mondo (Machine of the World), a painting after an engraving by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, c. 1700. The original includes the text "each one tries to stay above his companion". People from the poor to the king stand atop one another, but death comes for them all despite where they stand.

Just passed an absolute unit on my morning walk

Watched an episode of Columbo about a wine expert killing his brother, and when I tell you that they commit to the episode being wine themed, I don’t think you realize the level to which they committed to it being wine themed

Watched Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein today with my son who just finished reading Mary Shelley’s novel. He and I both loved it, enjoyed the vocal nods to Boris Karloff and making Victor have a stylistic debt to Lord Byron. Well worth seeing in the theater!

Aletheia made ramen for dinner

🫵😃 pray for the departed 🫵😃

🎶Spooky saintly skeletons, walking in a line Pray for all the holy souls, waiting for their time🎶

Excellent bulletin art this week

A print I made last year.

Calavera illustration by José Guadalupe Posada, c. 1890s. A popular satirical illustrator in Mexico, Posada became best-known for his skeleton images, which in turn have become the most popular imagery for celebrations of the Day of the Dead.

All Souls Day by Czech painter Joža Uprka, 1897. This painting depicts the traditional observance of All Souls in Moravia.

All Souls Day by Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1882.

Can’t think why this product would be off-putting and thus on clearance

Remembering that in Bloom County there was a whole story arc in the 80s where Donald Trump has a fatal accident and his brain is transplanted into Bill the Cat’s body. His first act is to make a golden high-rise litter box labeled Trump Dump

The thing about political punditry is that it’s 99% just people from the exact same social circles / class levels arguing about who is better at understanding people from outside those circles

Saw one guy dressed as Wirt from Over the Garden Wall so I called out HEY WIRT! and he looked startled and went WHAT?!

Halloween treat

Someone dropped off a “boo” bag. Aletheia: We’ve been booed. Does that mean we need to boo someone else? Me: It’s Halloween night, seems like this should be the cutoff Aletheia: Let the booing stop with us

One of my kids came back with five pounds of candy

Happy Halloween from the Hat Man

Pumpkins

Wayne’s World voice: Japanese! Excellent!