Life Imitation
Thank goodness for observant bloggers like Sad and Useless, forever scouring the internet for uplifting content.
The internet delivers, too. In this case, we learn of Tom Curtis, who has taken inspiration from children’s drawings of animals to reverse-engineer what the depicted animals might look like in real life. The results are far from sad or useless, but instead show how a father of two can choose to spend his free time: creating photo-realistic imagery using advanced photo-editing skills.
Today we also note commenter Optimum’s betting pool on the future fate of Russian Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin. Added to the main post late yesterday, Optimum’s future-fatality grid is meant to motivate readers and commenters to take a stab (pardon the expression) at the one-time caterer’s possible ends.
Optimum writes:
Sudden Russian Death Syndrome (Prigozhin edition)
To respond to popular demand (well, mostly Cynthia and your truly) I present to you SRDS (Priogozhin edition). Below you will find a PDF that is a chart of the different ways in which the Wagner Group head could meet a sudden end. Pick one and submit through comments. There are two opportunities to earn bonus points: 1) As reader Angie has pointed out, the chart omits poisoning as one of the methods. For extra credit, pick the poison of your choice as an alternative method to one of the accident styles listed in the chart. 2) If you are so bold, choose also a potential time frame for SRDS to work its…..uh…..magic.
Submit as many entries as you like. We’re all winners here!
Sad news: https://www.thedailybeast.com/alan-arkin-oscar-winning-star-of-little-miss-sunshine-dies-at-89
Failed again on the bank account. Wells Fargo double-booked the appointment. It shouldn't take an hour for a person who already has an account to open another one, as the priority appointment person intended, but the retail banker has to try to sell her a thousand things.
We made another appointment for Monday at a different branch.