Simon Barton

@simonbarton.bsky.social

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Husband, father, blogger, millionaire playboy dressed as a flying rodent (one of these may not be true) Still blogging at glasswalking-stick.blogspot.com

The Mighty Thor, raising his hammer to the sky ( ooh, er! ) and shouting "Thor doth say thee... nay! Nay!! A thousand times do I say thee... nay!"
The hardback edition of Tom Cox's Everything Will Swallow You. In the background are hollyhocks and a hydrangea.
Penelop Keith looking fabulous as Margo Leadbetter in the TV series The Good Life. She's wearing a none-more-seventies blue outfit in a TV recreation of a suburban home. Probably on her third G&T, and taking no nonsense from anyone.
The cover of Primal Scream's Screamadelica album: a childlike drawing of a sun / face in red, blue & yellow.
Movie poster for the film Razorback (1984)
Paul McGann & Richard E Grant in a publicity still from Withnail and I, sitting on a step, looking glum. They probably just read the Doctor Who news in that paper...
Fake 4th Doctor title card: the words "The Terror Of Monday Morning" with the time vortex in the background.
A storm at sea near Scarborough
A statue in the Tuileries Garden in Paris, performing the original face-palm.
Adult DVD
Kaiser Chiefs
Side profile of a tabby cat named Jasper, probably thinking about food.
The fictional band ( or are they? ) Sex Bob-Omb from Edgar Wright's masterpiece Scott Pilgrim vs The World. They rock! Especially Kim.
The movie poster for Who's That Girl ( 1987 ), showing Madonna staring lovingly up at the film title.
Rose of Nevada film poster
A drawing of DC's Karate Kid by Steve Ditko, with a speech bubble saying "I'm not impressed."
A photo of the hardback book, "Folklore, Myths and Legends of Great Britain"
Close up photo of a dandelion clock
The covers of Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man issue 1, December 1976, and Ms Marvel issue 1, January 1977
The sleeve of Prince's single, 1999. Behind it, a cheap record player and some more vinyl records.
A dream sequence from the movie The Ninth Configuration: an astronaut on the surface of the Moon gazes at Christ on the cross. ( Documentary footage )
A scene from the movie Reservoir Dogs. Six gangsters walking down a street, four in suits and two in casual clothes.
A black and white photo of a man in a suit, wearing a giant owl mask, standing in a field beneath a tree. Or maybe it's a giant owl dressed as a man standing etc.
A page from Avengers 89, showing Captain Marvel ripping the doors off an elevator.
A sign in a lift saying "Please tap my buttons gently"