Larry Clow

@larryclow.bsky.social

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Trying to be the wizard you see painted on the side of a van. Dog dad to an opinionated Poodle. Adoptee. He/him. https://wehavetogoback.beehiiv.com/

Krusty the Clown explains his vote for Mr. Burns' movie in "A Star is Burns": Let's just say it moved me...to a bigger house!
Some Kilroy Was Here graffiti on a red bathroom stall, photo by your humble narrator.
Kirk Van Houten drawing "dignity" in a tense Pictionary game. It's a big circle on a piece of paper, but Kirk knows that it's so obviously dignity that you could show the cat, and the cat would get it. C'mon Luann!
dana scully flashing her FBI badge and giving a man off camera a devastating eye roll
What’s going on? Selections include: “it’s annoying or not interesting”, “I think it shouldn’t be on Facebook”, “it’s spam” and the selected choice: “I’m in this photo and I don’t like it.”
A scene from the Simpsons; Bart’s elephant is about to burst into a peanut factory. The manager, having seen the elephant on the horizon, tells his employees “This is the moment we’ve feared, people.”
A black poodle puppy napping in a red chair, resting her head on an alligator stuffy.
A surreal scene from Videodrome, in which James Woods is trying to kiss giant lips on a TV screen, only to have his head subsumed by the screen, which is definitely not a metaphor.
Two GI Joe Classified Snow Serpent action figures in packaging, which I had to buy because I pre-ordered the Arctic HISS Tank vehicle.
A fake scene (that we all wish was real) from Escape from New York. Lee van Cleef asks Kurt Russel to rescue the president; Russell declines, and that’s the end of the movie.
A pair of tourtierre fresh out of the oven
Your humble account owner, with his poodle puppy Sadie in his lap, in a festive red chair
The poster for 1992’s Batman returns, with the faces of Batman, Catwoman and the Penguin stacked atop one another like a goth superhero jenga
Cover of the Penguin edition of Thomas Pynchon's book Gravity's Rainbow. The cover is a portion of a rocket diagram on blue paper.
Me, dressed as The Log Dude. Yeah, we’re doing a Twin Peaks/Lebowski mashup for Halloween. I’m holding a log pillow and wearing a vintage sweater like The Dude’s. My log has a message for you, man: you’re doing great.
Me, dressed as a 70s yacht captain zombie, sipping on an IV bag full of blood—I mean, fruit juice.
Alfonso Herrera as Father Tomas Ortega and Ben Daniels as Father Marcus Keane in the 2016-2018 TV series The Exorcist
The Thing from Marvel Comics, about to knock someone out. "In other words, bright eyes," he says, "It's clobberin' time!"
Hans Moleman from the Simpsons, in a phone booth being attacked by birds. Caption: no, that’s too cursed.
Poochie from the Simpsons, letting us know that he has to go because his planet needs him and not because everyone dislikes him.
A black poodle puppy named Sadie sitting in the back seat of a car. She’s wearing a pink bow around her neck because it’s her birthday.
Poochie from the Simpsons, informing us that he has to go now because his planet needs him. (He died on the way back to his home planet.)
A painted miniature of the character Cable for the game Marvel Crisis Protocol
Walter Bishop from Fringe, eating a Red Vine
Mr Burns from the Simpsons episode The Springfield Files. He’s in a hospital gown, glowing greenly, eyes bulging, looking like an alien about to make Fox Mulder crap his pants in Extreme Belief.
Saul Tigh from the 2000s Battlestar Galactica series. He’s in his uniform and has an eyepatch.
A man and a woman smiling because they are engaged!
A scene from the comic Preacher, in which the Rev Jesse Custer confronts chinless white supremacists. “why is it the greatest champions of the white race turn out to be the worst examples of it? You!” He shouts at a chinless lump of a man. “Where the fuck is your chin?!”
Dr. Amp from Twin Peaks: The Return, in his trademark 3-d glasses and holding his gold-painted shovel.
Dr. Amp (formerly known as Dr. Jacoby) from Twin Peaks, wearing his red and blue 3-d glasses and holding his gold shovel.
A black poodle puppy in the snow. She’s pretty happy.
A black poodle puppy named Sadie in a brown arm chair, looking at the camera like, “are you done, dad?”
A message from NH Rep Chris Pappas. I wrote in and asked him to stand up for incoming Rep Sarah McBride, who is facing harassment from Nancy Mace and other MAGA chuds. His response is some nonsense about how he will "always fight the undue burdens the transgender community faces" but does not address anything about Rep McBride or what's actually happening in the House right now.
The poster for the 70s Blaxploitation biker/stoner/racist-conspiracy-noir Darktown Strutters
TV Guide ad for the short lived sitcom Nearly Departed, starring Eric Idle.
Promo image of the original cast of Cheers. Odds of a successful rescue? Low. Odds of romantic tension and plot confusion? Very high.
Your humble Blueskyer, who just voted and is sporting an I Voted sticker.
Me, but as a yacht captain zombie, holding a severed arm. The arm is real, I am not. Wait, reverse that.
The Big Book of British Smiles, as showcased on the Simpsons.
A cardboard box with the logo for a company named OMAC, not to be confused with the classic comic book, OMAC (One Man Army Corps)
A Godzilla coloring book page; he’s dancing with a giant lizard in Studio 54. What’s her name? Lizard Minnelli, of course!
An excerpt from Gravity’s Rainbow, in which a character asks *who* sent a dream, the dream being of a metaphorical Great Serpent, but also of…capitalism? Chemical bonds? Corruption?
Get to know my music taste: for every like, I will post one song I love.
The cover of the classic kid’s book Bunnicula, about a vampire rabbit.
The Angels Flight funicular in Los Angeles, at night.
Screenshot from the NYT Games app saying solved the Sunday crossword in 15 min and 20 seconds, almost 16 min faster than my average.
Bathroom graffiti that reads Pray for Mojo
My Bluesky number: 220,774, part of the first 10% of users.
Hal Holbrook as Deep Throat in All the President's Men, smoking a cigarette and letting us know what we've always suspected about conspiracies: "The truth is, these aren't very bright guys, and things got out of hand."
A page from Gravity’s Rainbow. Slothrop is eating a candy that he thinks tastes like gin, but it’s a marshmallow. “Wha’s ‘is,” he inquires thickly. “A gin marshmallow,” sez Mrs. Quoad.
Lenny from the Simpsons in a ramshackle room looking pathetic, with the caption, please don't tell anyone How I live.
Garfield the cat looking at a “no Garfield” sign and asking, huh, I wonder who that’s for”
A cute poodle named Jackson, sitting in a car and smiling.
Milhouse from the Simpsons informing everyone that we’re through the looking glass here, people. (He’s talking about reverse vampires but any kooky subject applies tbh)
An antique soapbox derby racer with the logo of Grossman’s—a long defunct chain of hardware stores in New England—on it.