July 2020 - Page 2 of 2 - DEW Consulting

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020

Tough Time For Cartoonists

It’s been a tough time for cartoonists.

Henry Martin remembrance here.

Summary and some samples, below.

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Tough Time For Cartoonists - RIP'Henry Martin.

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Henry Martin brought a wry, genial sense of humor to nearly 700 cartoons published in The New Yorker over 35 years. They were set in conference rooms and homes, on desert islands and roadsides, at Heaven’s gate and in maternity wards. Mr. Martin, whose last cartoon for The New Yorker appeared in 1999, died on June 30 in Newtown, Pa. He was 94…

An affable, courteous man who retained his Kentucky accent long after he moved north, Mr. Martin defined his artistic mission as finding humor in the mundane and everyday. “The cartoonist’s job is to observe, toss the observations about in a basket of happy insanity and report the results with an economy of line and a spare sprinkling of words.”

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Gotta love the Arts!

The 7 Lively Arts — ………………………………………………………Gotta love ’em one and all!…………………………………………

Tough time for cartoonists, maybe, but heaven has gained a master.

July 12, 2020

The linguists have been very patient. It’s been forever and a day since we did a WOTD. But, no worries. Today’s word, “frisson,” comes complete with both hot AND cold derivations. In fact, it gives me a hot little chill just thinking about it.

Frisson – noun | free-SAWN

Definition – a brief moment of emotional excitement : shudder, thril

Frisson comes from the French word for “shiver.” It traces to Old French friçon, which in turn derives from frictio, Latin for ” friction.” What does friction — normally a heat generator — have to do with thrills and chills? Nothing, actually. The association came about because frictio, which derives from Latin fricare meaning “to rub,” was once mistakenly taken to be a derivative of frigēre, which means “to be cold.”

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When it comes to hot and cold, who could ask for anything more?

Well, other than a hot fudge sundae, that is.

Happy Sunday, sundae-lovers!

Used in a sentence:

“This image gives me a little frisson of diabetic delight.”

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020

Caption Contest #47

A while back we asked for captions to a photo of two crows sitting on a railing at the Getty Museum, and you responded with wit and humor. Now, with Caption Contest #47, comes a photo of a lone magpie sitting on a bi-lingual sign at Chatfield Reservoir, and we’re going to the well once more.

Captions, anyone?

Caption Contest #47 — Parlez-vous Magpie???? No habla Espanol.

July 9, 2020

Rejoice!

Far Side fans, rejoice!

“Far Side” cartoonist Gary Larson surprised fans this week with three new cartoons, 25 years after his retirement…. The new single-panel comics, dated Tuesday, show a man hailing a taxidermist instead of a taxi; two aliens discussing plans to “probe and release” a man approaching in a car; and four bears in a forest dining on Cub Scouts covered in honey.

Though his new toons are in full digital living color, here’s an old Larson favorite from b&w days, titled “Cow Tools.”