Tag Archives: Writing

The Mongrel Dogs at Sea (12): From Arizona to Missouri

Posted on 2007 August 16 by mongreldogs

Seven days ago I had the opportunity to relive the American experience in the Second World War in one morning. In reverse. As part of the Regal Princess‘ stop at the port of Honolulu, I took part in a tour … Continue reading →

Posted in American cantos, Writing, law, politics | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Adrift

Posted on 2007 August 5 by mongreldogs

Well, not really. But for all of you out there breathlessly awaiting every post from The Mongrel Dogs Who Teach (yeah, right), a word of explanation. I’m in the middle of a two-week cruise to Hawai’i, and Net access is … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing, personal | Tagged , | Leave a comment

New Poster: Keep Us Flying

Posted on 2007 July 2 by mongreldogs

Another in the ongoing series. This one reads “Keep Us Flying — Buy War Bonds“. The inspiration is a WWII poster with exactly the same wording. In the original, it’s a pilot wearing a parachute harness. (I’m assuming it’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing, personal | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A complicated poster.

Posted on 2007 June 26 by mongreldogs

Yet another in the series of posters for the newly-rechristened Second Interworld War. This one is inspired by the many different posters that had streams of planes passing overhead in a not-too-subtle V formation. The purpose was to impress with … Continue reading →

Posted in teaching | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

War Between the Worlds, and its sequel

Posted on 2007 June 26 by mongreldogs

I’ve been making posters that, I’ve claimed, were from the First Interworld War. I’ve decided that, “really”, they’re from the Second Interworld War. The primary motivation for the change has been the realization that most of my inspirations are from … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing, personal | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

New posters

Posted on 2007 June 21 by mongreldogs

More from the First Interworld War. One is an updated version of my very first Interworld War poster. The second has the tagline “See Action Now … Join the Rocket Service.” My reasoning, and the actual posters, below the fold.

Posted in personal | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

More from the First Interworld War

Posted on 2007 June 9 by mongreldogs

Researching for this(!). I came across a great book called You Back the Attack — We’ll Bomb Who We Want, billed as “remixed war propaganda”. An artist named Micah Ian Wright took World War II propaganda posters (some from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing, personal | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

More propaganda

Posted on 2007 May 13 by mongreldogs

from a war that was never fought. I haven’t really decided if all of Mars is noxious (in this reality) but since Well’s had “the Black Gas”, I figure the TEF had better have gas masks. And while it might … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing, personal | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

New, if silly, pursuit

Posted on 2007 May 12 by mongreldogs

So I haven’t stretched my creative muscles very much lately, and I’ve been looking for something to do. Playing around with Poser and some models I got from the Net, I decided I was going to make propaganda posters from … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing, personal | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Lunacon (2)

Posted on 2007 March 20 by mongreldogs

More on my experiences at Lunacon 50 (the beginning of which is also here at The Mongrel Dogs). This time up: Joss Whedon Must Die!

Posted in Writing, review | Tagged , , | Leave a comment