Auntie Smithbrainz

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Lisa Smith. Writer, narrator, migraine advocate, connector of dots, Masshole. Sarcasm free of charge. She/her. (I block lots of ppl for tons of reasons, rarely personal ones.)

Photo of white person’s back right after wide margin excision to remove early stage melanoma. Incision runs roughly along spine, wound is freshly stitched.
Photograph of sky over greater Boston with tree top visible in lower right corner. Skies are a sickly sepia color from wildfire smoke blowing in from Canada.
Two gentlemen from Scotland standing outside a pub on a sunny day holding a purple Shades for Migraine tee shirt.
Two white men in kilts pose outside a pub on a sunny day with short white woman w/ short gray hair holding a purple Shades for Migraine tee shirt.
A Pride flag is superimposed with a faded image of Gowron, a Klingon character from “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” White letters on the top and bottom flag stripes read, “Glory to you and your identity.”
Meme of Godzilla with his hand to his head. Caption in white letters against black background says, “Godzilla Facepalm, for when an epic facepalm is not enough.”
Black and white microscopic photo of a tardigrade, an insect like creature measuring only a little over 100 micrometers as noted by measurement key on bottom right. Photo is altered to show tardigrade playing a microscopic violin.
Me in late 90s, white woman in 30s w/ short brown hair, black parka, white pants. I was kneeling near guard rail to look at adult & baby macaque. One of several macaques who surrounded me is visible at bottom of frame.
Large wild turkey standing on grass behind iron fence, watching humans like me walk by.
Picture of the head and upper torso of a leopard against a sky-blue background, three-quarter angle. Leopard wears a human-style headphone-microphone headset. White block letters read: “We are experiencing higher than average call volumes. Please know your fave is important to us and a leopard will be with you as soon as possible.”
Man with burly red beard and mustache sitting in car, staring at camera. His face is covered in random stripes of light blue makeup to resemble the woad markings once worn by native warriors in Scotland. Caption in large white letters: “Everyone is a little Irish on St. Patrick’s Day [space] except the Scottish, we’re still Scottish”
Actor John Belushi, a white man with dark hair raising one eyebrow towards camera, in character as John “Bluto” Blutarsky in the movie “Animal House.”
Head and shoulders picture from the late 1970s of actor John Belushi as John “Bluto” Blutarsky in the movie “Animal House.” Heavy-set white man in his 30s in plaid shirt and brown jacket, squinting with one eye and raising eyebrow of the other eye.
Picture of the head and upper torso of a leopard against a sky-blue background, three-quarter angle. Leopard wears a human-style headphone-microphone headset. White block letters read: “We are experiencing higher than average call volumes. Please know your fave is important to us and a leopard will be with you as soon as possible.”
In a scene from “Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,” three white men with beards wearing vaguely medieval battle gear stand in rain at night, looking grim. Caption quotes man in center, King Theoden of Rohan, saying “and so it begins.”
Top frame shows white woman with long hair, large silver earrings, and serious expression against a dark red background. Caption in white letters: “I don’t want an antidepressant.” Bottom frame: same woman. Caption; “I am furious, not depressed.”
Rodan, a kaiju monster shaped like a gigantic bird of prey, stands on a mountain and spreads its wings.
The wizard Gandalf sits in his brown robe, smoking his long, curved pipe, at the left side of the image. He’s in a sunny, semi-open room decorated with tones of gold, beige, and sand, Art Nouveau-style curved archways and carvings, and a large metal candelabra. Gandalf sits on the bed where Frodo the hobbit awakens from sleep.
Four-panel cartoon. Panel 1: a human horrified by something he sees on computer screen. Panel 2: human is joined by red cartoon devil on his shoulder, who is equally horrified. Panel 3: human and devil are joined by angel on human’s other shoulder, also horrified at image on human’s screen. Panel 4: two humans in another room, wearing FBI shirts. They’re seeing the same thing as the human in the first three panels and they are as horrified as everyone else.
Jeffrey Pelt, a character in “The Hunt for Red October,” giving an offscreen character a serious look when character tells him about another missing submarine.
Graphic in light and dark blue-green against white background with information for healthcare workers about respecting covid-cautious patients.
From tv show Supernatural: Standing outside are Bobby Singer, an older white man with beard wearing trucker hat and Rufus Turner, an older Black man wearing a denim jacket.
Painting of “Priestess of Pythia, Delphi” by John Collier shows woman draped in red cloth, sitting on gold tripod above crack in ground spewing fumes. Caption says: “born to behold the prophecies, forces to use my customer service voice.”
Meme of Godzilla face palming, with white lettering against a black background reading: “Godzilla Facepalm. When Godzilla gives you the facepalm, you know the fail was epic.”
Photo from 1986 premiere of movie “Aliens” with cast and producers lining up on red carpet for photographers.
Orange background for satiric weather alert mocking current heat wave. Temperature reading says “27 million degrees.” Weather warning says “Immediate vaporization warning.”
From the movie “Airplane”: Older white male airline traffic controller stands in foreground of late 1970s style airport office wearing disheveled white shirt and tie askew. Holding a styrofoam cup in one hand and pills in the other, he says (in caption), “Looked like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines.”
White woman w/ salt & pepper bob haircut wearing white tee shirt stands in front of gray door wearing cat-eye-style eyeglasses.
Pinhead from the "Hellraiser" movies, a human-like demon wearing shiny fetish-style leather. Nails protrude from his blue, bald head in a grid pattern and his eyes are black.
From left to right, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli standing in the great hall in Edoras, the capital of the kingdom of Rohan.
White man with full red beard and mustache seated in a car stares solemnly into the camera. His face is covered in haphazard streaks of light blue makeup to resemble the painted and tattooed Pictish warriors of Scotland during the invasion of the Roman empire. White text with black outline above his head reads, "EVERYONE IS A LITTLE IRISH ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY." Same style text below his face reads, "EXCEPT THE SCOTTISH. WE'RE STILL SCOTTISH."
Vitalight CO2 monitor resting on denim-clad leg reading 1338 ppm CO2.
Black coffee mug with red decoration on the rim resembling blood dripping down the sides of the mug, with inscription in gold lettering reading “BITE ME.” Mug sits on wood-grained desk with pale fuzzy cloth background.
“We currently have a study in the US with patients who have been diagnosed with Migraine, to have a deeper understanding of the experiences people with this condition face. The study will consist of the completion of several Online Surveys, ranging from 5 to 9 hours on a 4 to 8 weeks' time. We appreciate the time participants invest in Project, and that’s why we offer an incentive that varies depending on your engagement in the Research, from 325 to 585USD. If you are interested or know anyone who would be, please do not hesitate to contact us via email on leyre.alvarezgarcia@iqvia.com.”
Still from Lord of the Rings: Return of the King movie with Aragorn, white man with long brown hair and brown beard, tells his hobbit friends (off screen) who just bowed to him at coronation, “You bow to no one.”