The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century

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The most entertaining part of our weekly grocery shopping trip is passing by the clearance shelf at our local grocery store, Publix, and seeing what’s there. I’ve found many interesting things there,  such as Frozen-branded lunch bags, Mardi Gras leftovers, lantern batteries, and hair care products from a bygone era. This week’s find was the photo on the packaging for the store-brand adult diapers.

Unlike Depends, where the models on their packaging are smiling…

…the expression on Publix’s model is a little more subdued:

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It’s that expression that gets me. I’m not sure if it says “I can’t believe I need these things!” or “I turned down an opportunity to be Ryan Reynolds’ stunt double…for this?!”

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It’s funny, because it’s true. And how did Suicide Squad — fantastic idea, terrible execution, and geez, they could’ve simply copied the much better animated version (Batman: Assualt on Arkham) — get a better rating than Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice?

And oh yeah, was Avengers: Infinity War great! As I said earlier: “It’s The Empire Strikes Back of Avengers movies.”

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You may be wondering why I’m not in a costume, but really, I am. I cosplay as Tony Stark all the time.

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As for Avengers: Infinity War, I’ll simply say this: it’s the Empire Strikes Back of Avengers movies.

Found via Hydrump.

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I’m reminded of that line from one of the witches in Macbeth: “And you all know, security / Is mortals’ chiefest enemy.”

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The photo above was taken by landscape photographer Edward Burtynsky, whose pieces are generally about nature transformed through industry. The photo, titled Breezewood, Pennsylvania, USA. was taken in 2008 and is from a collection titled Oil. He describes the inspiration behind Oil this way:

“I began to think about oil itself: as both the source of energy that makes everything possible and as a source of dread, for its ongoing endangerment of our habitat.”

There’s a certain beauty to this photo, which I stumbled across via Twitter, and you can even find humor in the responses to it. My favorite is this one:

lol the us looks like someone forgot to activate AdBlock

— Krumbukt – Pancakeboi ThiCC AF (@Krumbukt1) April 18, 2018