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Wm. Schumacher
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Gothic/Horror Film & Fiction Pedant (ghost stories, esp. M. R. James); Amateur Theatricals; Wastrel and Ne'er-Do-Well. Former Teacher. U of I ‘91, WPGU.
Well, they slapped that together; it’s very brassy, and the gold (plastic) nameplates on the side are the absolute cheapest printed tags - they’re “Trump-Fancy.” Compare to the detail of the FIFA World Cup…
December 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In case anyone was anxiously wondering - YES, we just finished the 1000-piece Edward Gorey puzzle.

SO much monochromatic sky…
December 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
December 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Also Cf. ‘Crack in the World’ (1965).
December 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I can read what it says, but all I can think of is…
December 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An early Christmas gift - save this GIF while you can!
December 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It’s just me, BAROQUE THEATRE SCENIC SKELETON, bitches!
December 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
And Drottningholm’s “wave” machines - (swoons). They can be glimpsed in motion in the video below - along with a skeletal surprise!

youtu.be/eE7vqJxnvsc?...
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
LOVE this kind of artifice, lovingly recreated on a smaller scale in The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, or writ large for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.

www.gilliamdreams.com/see-the-cons...

youtu.be/W41LmRVtsfc
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I’m constantly enamored with the artifice of baroque theatre sets; before I retire, I’d love to design a set all of drops and shaped flats like the Drottningholm Slottsteater or the Théâtre de la Reine at Versailles. I know high school theatre has its limitations, but a man can dream…? 🧵
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The “Cat Prince” illustration by de Bosschere is striking.
December 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Just such a hellmouth admirably pastiched by Renzo Mongiardino for Elsa Peretti’s “Tower of Ruins” in the 1980’s, which is full of all kinds of tromp l’oeil antiquities.

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December 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
We have spent the last of our Thanksgiving hours absorbed by an Edward Gorey picture puzzle, as God, the Pilgrims, and Sarah Josepha Hale intended.

Good Night!
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Oh, just one more thing. Canned pumpkin is available year-round; how come we only make pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving —maybe Christmas —if it’s so “delicious?”
November 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Funny, I do this when trying on sportcoats.
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Pietersen!!!
November 2, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Research confirms.
October 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
October 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
irresponsibly posting my location on social media
October 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
October 27, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I can’t forgive him for the lapse in judgement that led to him marrying this in 2001.
October 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Something with a little height, like one of these.
October 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM