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Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog it's too dark to read.

Edward Woodward in the 1973 Wicker Man film as he's about to be put inside the giant wicker man effigy and burned alive as human sacrifice. A middle aged man in a white ceremonial robe is being pushed over the crest of a hill, his eyes land on the massive wicker statue and he exclaims a prayer to his Lord, "Oh God! Oh Jesus Christ!"
Michael Caine playing Scrooge in A Muppet Christmas Carol. A stern-looking man in Victorian-era top hat and black cloak with a white collar peeking through. The camera is close-in so that his stern, cold stare - looking at something slightly off-camera - is striking.
Scene from the cartoon series The Mighty Hercules from the 1960s. A cartoon muscle-man with a light blue over-the-shoulder toga with a distressingly provocative short hem wearing a black belt with the letter "H" emblazoned on the front stands next to his diminutive demi-equestrian sidekick, Newt, with a paternal hand on the young centaur's shoulder.
Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society in the scene where he introduces the Walt Whitman phrase "O Captain, My Captain". A man in a dress shirt and tie stands his legs astride two desks like a Greek Colossus, in a mid-century classroom filled with young men looking up at him. His hands are in his pockets as the tries to instill a passion for writing, poetry, literature, art and life.
A young blonde woman leans forward with an intense, judgmental look on her face telling her subservient friend to stop trying to initiate a catch-phrase because she is not going to let it gain popularity. The meme caption reads "stop trying to make Mitch happen".
A man, Pierre Poilievre, in a plaid shirt is looking up at a wooden post in an old wooden building. He is trying for all he is worth to take on the appearance of someone who is familiar with traditional woodworking craftsmanship but instead provides the impression that he is woefully out of his depth.
Image from Ferris Bueller's Day Off where the principal doubts a phone call saying Cameron will be absent in order to attend his grandmother's funeral so he asks the parents to show him the corpse. A man wearing a suit and tie is on the phone sitting in a bland school administrator's office. The caption reads "Yeah, you just produce a corpse..."
Green lines on black background, early computer display showing an outline of a futuristic tank from a 1980s video game.
A nighttime view of the main library branch of the Edmonton Public Library, the Stanley A. Milner library, a cubist-inspired modern building that strikes upwards at an angle in an almost-threatening, knifelike gesture. It's industrial-steel-brutalism has been compared to a military vehicle, earning it the nickname ThinkTank, amongst others.
An advert of Michael Caine wearing Bloody Large Glasses by Michael Caine where a man in a brown sports coat and taupe turtleneck wears a pair of absurdly large glasses whilst holding a partially finished cigar. An advertisement that encapsulates the 1970s aesthetic in a calmly distressing fashion.
A screenshot that shows Trump at a Libertarian convention in front of a large banner reading "Become Ungovernable", with his arms stretched out beside him while below is the shared image of a baby sandhill bird running and stretching it's wings in a similar fashion with the description that they often energetically flap their wings and do practice hops before flying.
A lineup of men sitting on a steel girder high atop New York having lunch during the construction of a skyscraper, photo taken in 1932.
The end scene of the original Planet of the Apes where Charlton Heston realizes this bizarre planet is actually a post-apocalyptic Earth. A man is doubled-over in agony on a beach, behind him stands an oblivious woman holding the reins of an impassive horse. In place of a ruined Statue of Liberty though, the desolate beach has only the partially-unearthed ruins of the UFC fighting stage currently erected on the White House lawn by Donald Trump to celebrate his birthday and America's 250th anniversary.
A woman in a green wig and cheap halloween costume stands in front of a counter with an array of modest chemistry props amid a haze of smoke, one of the promoted attractions of a now-infamously underwhelming Willy Wonka Experience held in Glasgow a few years ago.
Patrick Stewart playing Captain Picard in Star Trek the Next Generation: a man, unshaven, sleep-deprived and thin due to torture, yells at the camera that he is unwavering in his knowledge that there are four lights, which is true, when his captors want him to capitulate by saying that there are five, which is a lie.
A poster of a large mouth with red lips and prominent teeth, open wide with the words "eat the rich" inside.
Guinan, from Star Trek the Next Generation. Whoopi Goldberg played the character Guinan, seen here wearing an orange fleece futuristic top and her character's signature wide-rimmed hat. She is smiling introspectively at the camera. Guinan famously said she was always attracted to bald men after a bald man had been particularly kind to her once.
Devin Dreeshen, Alberta MP and cabinet minister from Red Deer, seen here before election to office celebrating Trump's election night win in 2016 at the Trump headquarters wearing a red Make America Great Again ballcap and holding what looks like a cup of vodka with ice aloft in toast. Readers may also recall that Dreeshen was revealed to often drink at work in the legislature to the extent that there were harassment claims against him from government staff, an accusation he later boasted about in government publicity photos.
A background for the CBS news program 60 Minutes with an image of the main character from the cartoon series Squidbillies in the host seat. He is a cartoon mud squid wearing a ballcap that reads Booty Hunter and wears an expression of ignorant impatience.
Two members of the US government standing at a lectern to announce that military forces have killed Osama bin Laden with the meme caption "Ladies and gentlemen, we got him".
Line drawing cartoon of a person handing an object to another saying "I made this". The second person replies "you made this?" They then hold the object alone for a moment and finally tell themselves, while looking down on this new object "I made this".
Scene of two white men in dress shirts and ties behind a NASA lectern with one speaking into a microphone that "America can, should, must, and will blow up the Moon".
A still from the science fiction show Farscape. The crew of the ship Moya including D'Argo - a Luxon warrior Aeryn - a Sebacean Peacekeeper, Rygel - a Hynerian Dominar, Zhaan - a Delvian priestess, Chiana - a Nebari renegade.
Edmonton trolley bus, an electric bus manufactured in 1981-82 and which was in use until the spring of 2009. The bus was powered by overhead spring-loaded connecters which ran along wires suspended over the roads along the transit path.
Painting by Bruegel of the biblical tower of Babel, a large edifice is being constructed due to mankind's hubris but which ends in chaos and disharmony.
A still image of Ricky from Trailer Park Boys. A white guy with sunglasses, his hair is high and pushed back and he has sideburns, moustache and goatee. He is wearing a black bowling shirt and chain necklaces. He is speaking as if to pontificate on one of the mysteries of life that he has unraveled using the insight gained through his many experiences.
Photo of Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor Who - a man wearing a beaten old hat, thick multi-coloured scarf and brown coat, holds his head in an expression of absent-minded surprise.
An image from the 1964 film OniBaba showing a woman wearing a Japanese demon mask, standing in a field of tall grass during a lightning storm. The light flashes, highlighting her face, and the wind blows the grass as rain falls torrentially, she stands still staring at the camera in the middle distance, unmoving in the storm.
A Criterion Collection cover for the film Megaforce, showing a young Barry Bostwick in a beige unitard that matches his sandy brown hair and beard. He is on his knees in a desert landscape, head back and eyes closed as if in a state of exhaustion or despair.
Four frames of a comic showing a young white male holding his chin thinking, then hanging a large red curtain, then painting monstrous faces on some cardboard cutouts, and in the final frame he is lying in a fetal position in front of the monsters and cardboard flames he has positioned so as to appear surrounded by danger.
A screenshot of a tweet from Terry Jones of the Edmonton Journal saying "japanese girl watches guy masturbate and cant [sic] resist..."
Adrian Paul, actor in the Highlander television series, running his Sword Experience courses where he teaches students a range of sword techniques. He is a man in good physical shape, 66 years old, wearing a red shirt with his company logo, holding a wooden sword, guiding people through movements and stance.
Young Robert Redford floating on his stomach in a pool, wearing a bathing suit from the 1920s in his portrayal as Jay Gatsby. In the top image he is looking forward, in the lower image he is looking back over his shoulder with a slight grimace.
Image of a man staring at the camera, he is a biologically identical replica of a human made by the Cylons but despises his organic shell and all humans from which it is modeled.
Scene from Star Trek episode where people put on a headset that has a game overlaying your vision, designed to make you susceptible to mind control. In the image two funnels await small discs while the crew look directly down at the camera. When the discs enter the funnel you receive a hit of dopamine to your brain, very Pavlovian-like.
A nightmare scene from Star Trek the Next Generation where Counselor Troi's body is replaced by a cake, with the crew taking turns cutting a slice and eating it.
Two men stand in front of a large computer - called an Interocitor - with triangular screen in a lab reminiscent of 1950s pseudo-scientific theatrics. On the screen is the image of a man in a suit, smiling, with dignified white hair and a prominent forehead that reveals him to the audience as an alien despite it being entirely overlooked by the main characters. The image is from the film This Island Earth from 1955.
Two men, painted black and white in opposite sides, are locked in an eternal struggle trying to murder each other.
Young Laurence Olivier, with deep dark eyes beneath a broad brow, his bangs hang partially over one side, a cleft chin and notable jaw line, he is portraying the troubled, spiteful, dangerously emotional Heathcliff of Wuthering Heights.
A dark-haired, bearded man in a white shirt, dark vest and tie looks into the camera. He has a toothpick tucked into the corner of his mouth. The caption reads Jackie Daytona, Regular Human Bartender because he is a vampire in disguise.
A trading card of curlers showing a very large man in the foreground wearing a wide-collar white shirt and button-up cardigan. He is sporting mutton chop sideburns to accompany his receding hairline. Behind him is a sprite-like opponent.
A middle-aged man with dark hair and a receding hairline smiles casually at the camera. He is a police officer about to investigate a missing girl which will take him into a bizarre rural cult that uses human sacrifice to ensure bountiful harvest. He will die by bees.
Sigourney Weaver as Ripley, jumping into an inferno seconds before a chestburster alien emerges from her body. She will embrace the xenomorph and plunge to their mutual annihilation.
Two men wearing gunbelts and imposing masks of a scowling male god stand covered in white mud holding guns in a still image from the 1974 film Zardoz about a far future Earth where these men hunt down people in a dystopian wasteland.
A disheveled and toothy version of Harry Belafonte stands naked in front of a murky desert oasis, holding his hat in front for modesty, in the 1972 film Buck and the Preacher, opposite Sidney Poitier.
A man is strapped to device, we see only his face, which connects electrodes to his head and pins his eyes open, he screams in distress as he is being conditioned to deplore violence.
Two skeets in immediate order, the first which reads "I used to exchange nude selfies with hot girls. Now I have my dentist asking me to send him pictures of my recent dental work so he can assess the healing. Oh how the mighty have fallen" while the second reads "Fucking hell. I can't even watch the balls being drawn now".
Excerpt from the news site ArtNet: The Canadian Daily alleges that Solomon, host of the Television show Power and Politics, earned lucrative commissions, worth at least $300,000, over two years for facilitating the sale of art work belonging to Canadian collector Bruce Bailey. Solomon reportedly sold paintings by Peter Doig and Kim Dorland to at least two high-profile buyers, the governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney and Blackberry founder Jim Balsillie.
Jazz musician Charlie "Bird" Parker, a middle-aged black man plays a saxophone. He is photographed from below, in black and white, wearing a quietly-patterned sports coat, white dress shirt and striped bow-tie. His eyes are closed as he is focused on his music.
A white, wealthy woman stands on her front stoop, a large, approving smile on her face, while wearing a voluminous fur coat and holding a glass of wine, as she looks on at anti-Trump protests.
Album cover for Crash Test Dummies Ghosts That Haunt Me showing a sketch from the Coleridge poem Rime of the Ancient Mariner which shows a thin, wispy figure down on the deck of a ruined sailing ship while a cloaked skeleton of Death sits looking overtop it, waiting.
A blond man in a typically 80s bland hairstyle wearing a dark navy polo shirt. His upper lip supports a thick yet unsettling moustache that appears too hirsute by half as it stealthily creeps down the edges of his mouth occupying that liminal space between a full porn stache and a creepy dad-doing-school-carpool lipduster.
Three men are at a boardroom table. From left to right, an older man, bald with moustache in a grey suit looking into the middle distance, in the middle a middle-aged man wearing a playful casual button up shirt and a brown cap, on the right a young man with bright pink checkered vest, light pink tie and a goatie.
Screenshot of two accounts, posting 21 seconds apart, the top account asking "he dead?" the one immediately below saying "according to some he's dead".
Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy enjoy an afternoon in the park riding their bicycles. Kermit is performing a stunt by balancing on one foot on the seat with his hands in the air while Piggy is riding her red touring bike with a basket in front, she is wearing a purple floral sunday dress with matching lilac long gloves.
A still image from the film Dead Zone featuring a magazine cover photo of America First Presidential candidate Stillson holding up a toddler as a human shield during an assassination attempt.
A still image from the film ET. Several kids in hoodies ride their BMX bikes as they are chased by government agents and other adults. In the basket of the lead boy is an extraterrestrial the government agents seek in order to dissect and study.
An elderly man wearing homespun clothing, his white hair and beard denote advanced age. Played by Peter Ustinov, he is a character in a dystopian future who does not live within the utopian confines of the sheltered habitat but lives alone in a library reading books which are no longer known to exist and raising cats.
A man with short dark hair stands behind an old, shattered window pane. He is wearing a pale blue dress shirt with an unimaginative grey tie. He has on a police gun holster and wears a visible badge on the belt of his charcoal dress pants.