Author: Jonathan Kieran
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Prudery to the Left of Me, Prudery to the Right of Me
This is a laugh and a half. Some Mormon congregation photoshopped a 17th Century painting of the Nativity so that the Virgin Mary’s already modest garb went up to her neck and covered her shoulders. They also blurred the itsy…
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Clive Barker Working Hard to Catch Up
Horror and fantasy auteur Clive Barker saw his career momentum hindered by unforeseen health setbacks in recent years, which is a great shame, given that he is one of the few truly multi-talented major writers of the past forty years.…
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Everyone Ends Up in Myrtle Beach at One Point or Another
… even Great White Sharks named “Jekyll”. Southern food may not be good for you, but it’s tasty. And extra salty in the ocean. ___________________________________________ #GreatWhiteSharks #MyrtleBeach #Tracking #Ocearch #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #Wistwood #JonathanKieranTheAuthor #JonathanKieranMusic #JonathanKieranNewAlbum #JonathanKieranArtist #Jericho…
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The Stone Rolled into the Sewer Ages Ago
Rolling Stone Magazine’s recent publication of its list of the 200 Most Influential Musicians or Best Singers of All Time (or whatever) has caused a fair amount of controversy because of the groundbreaking and legendary artists of modern history who…
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Birdysaurus—Haven’t We Already Been Through This
Chinese archaeologists have discovered a “strange, dinosaur-like bird skeleton.” Is it a missing link? Is it just me or wasn’t this science settled decisively by the pronouncements of Dr. Alan WhatsIzName and Dr. Ellie WhoozyFutchins in the first Jurassic Park…
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Tiny Gelatinous Murderers
Australians generally refer to the constellation of species comprised of extremely dangerous coastal jellyfish as “marine stingers” or “sea wasps”. Their more common designations are Box Jellyfish (for the larger, blobbier kind) and Irukandji, for the minuscule gobs of gelatinous…
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Mind Those Kiwis
Imagine going out to pick a nice kiwi and finding one of THESE camped out for a snack. —————————————— #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #Wistwood #JonathanKieranTheAuthor #JonathanKieranMusic #JonathanKieranNewAlbum #JonathanKieranArtist #Jericho #JonathanKieranJericho #JerichoAlbum #WritersOfInstagram #ArtistsOfInstagram #AuthorsOfInstagram
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Rah! Rah! Sis-Boom-Bah! It’s ‘23 and I’m in Awe. (Not Really)
But Newsweek is in awe of this dude who takes risky “up close & personal” portraits of great white sharks, their toothy gullets exposed to the hilt. The guy says he’ll “never get eaten.” I wonder what might have been…
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Bathe with a Holy Goat Amid the Ruins
The sandstone temple of the ram-headed fertility god, Khnum, remains one of the most enigmatic archaeological sites hailing from the sultry days of ancient Egypt. It’s still a large and splendid monument, but severely truncated: only the hypostyle hall of…
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If One is Ready to Brave the Elements of Los Angeles …
… one should reward one’s self with the best dim sum around. HERE are the most vaunted dim sum destinations according to the folks at TimeOut. Spear that dumpling! ___________________________________#dimsum #LosAngeles #TimeOut #cuisine #culinarydestinations #JonathanKieran #dimsumrestaurants #JonathanKieranWriter #JonathanKieranAuthor #JonathanKieranIllustrator #JonathanKieranArtist…
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