tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37477524468797764732024-03-13T14:40:07.222-04:00PlattitudesJohn R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.comBlogger218125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-13693887789067530972020-11-15T12:22:00.003-05:002020-11-15T12:22:30.868-05:00Punny<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9l1cWyRp_g1nOnmmQGzJgkiGt87DQhm3A9t8i-wojxdM5XsCgutn2E5TOCJoQd2BxJAFt6IzXjXuzPcrvYymfZyX5syPk7kr4Jzdy9fx6HQVeP4aegCvxhUf6NqCmgUo0NUnUGRgLLbM/s2048/20201115_091847.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9l1cWyRp_g1nOnmmQGzJgkiGt87DQhm3A9t8i-wojxdM5XsCgutn2E5TOCJoQd2BxJAFt6IzXjXuzPcrvYymfZyX5syPk7kr4Jzdy9fx6HQVeP4aegCvxhUf6NqCmgUo0NUnUGRgLLbM/w400-h300/20201115_091847.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>No politics this week!</p><p><br /></p>John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-2538630382747661782020-11-08T12:05:00.005-05:002020-11-09T10:47:05.915-05:00Post-election funnies<p>Two cartoons I sketched out a few months ago with the intention of posting this week.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdc385ih_YlQRVl24gBUpQGAtcrI4693cqL18tLG1It9aCqzCUxKi3Gfb4ANxtuQTOu6JuZmqdCTfVsZGlFpQXRnAu58aV7za75adRMmYQLqsKAZFjky8VEP5-6fTeTfXHW9q0Gbou_IE/s2048/20201108_085801.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdc385ih_YlQRVl24gBUpQGAtcrI4693cqL18tLG1It9aCqzCUxKi3Gfb4ANxtuQTOu6JuZmqdCTfVsZGlFpQXRnAu58aV7za75adRMmYQLqsKAZFjky8VEP5-6fTeTfXHW9q0Gbou_IE/w400-h300/20201108_085801.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-42399588985242495462020-10-25T11:00:00.002-04:002020-10-25T11:00:03.555-04:00A Tasty Pun<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJOi2U8aLC84H4dkzfFDoMbM2vN3NUG_OjB6YN8fthdc1slLeMz2HaM41hxHyvPlE3ukp5JUDh3l2k53NwCtYAdGs0d8m99sF-NjuVqP89lMHkobgp34xAYFLCDt4kEZDrWNnRn4FGjQ/s1948/podcasting.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1948" data-original-width="1236" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJOi2U8aLC84H4dkzfFDoMbM2vN3NUG_OjB6YN8fthdc1slLeMz2HaM41hxHyvPlE3ukp5JUDh3l2k53NwCtYAdGs0d8m99sF-NjuVqP89lMHkobgp34xAYFLCDt4kEZDrWNnRn4FGjQ/w208-h328/podcasting.jpg" width="208" /></a></div>Too obvious? <p></p><p>Yet another quick-sketch gag drawn on the back of a business card. Hey, it works!<br /></p><p> </p>John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-41182583858495642222020-10-18T11:00:00.001-04:002020-10-18T11:00:06.929-04:00The Eyes (Don't) Have It<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC846wYX8ikrY_U9Ho72N27jgvyC71cKUxjn6r3aOFPvjlC1pbzPEUrpqcLnucOcSk4Af_Pl1yf-_F_kEaT1uGuAXWxq34o0Q5M1RIfM2ThXehKVczeEqW2Wo4LZN9z_7Ya9QL9yx7cBA/s2012/snow+blind.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2012" data-original-width="1176" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC846wYX8ikrY_U9Ho72N27jgvyC71cKUxjn6r3aOFPvjlC1pbzPEUrpqcLnucOcSk4Af_Pl1yf-_F_kEaT1uGuAXWxq34o0Q5M1RIfM2ThXehKVczeEqW2Wo4LZN9z_7Ya9QL9yx7cBA/w239-h410/snow+blind.jpg" width="239" /></a></div> <p></p><p>Two snowman cartoons in a row! I must miss Winter. This one's kind of a subtle gag, but I think you'll <i>see </i>the point.<br /></p>John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-62311510753945217142020-10-11T11:00:00.001-04:002020-10-11T11:00:09.815-04:00Ambitious!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmU_Qxyt69ADqIaziw-STVwM6udNjaN3UhU2OtLdonvu-d7HG_uwV0sQWmCeo2wMEIoJ-DEgPBVvN2upFu4ouLvq9CnYnpZxahV8n6S5_u4-I1y0H6iWnSW3jRre74Wo4rgtADed0nYSo/s2048/snow+giraffe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1220" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmU_Qxyt69ADqIaziw-STVwM6udNjaN3UhU2OtLdonvu-d7HG_uwV0sQWmCeo2wMEIoJ-DEgPBVvN2upFu4ouLvq9CnYnpZxahV8n6S5_u4-I1y0H6iWnSW3jRre74Wo4rgtADed0nYSo/w195-h328/snow+giraffe.jpg" width="195" /></a></div> <p></p><p> I would try if this if we ever got more than a quarter-inch of snow.<br /></p>John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-8957438309397531342020-10-04T11:00:00.001-04:002020-10-04T11:00:06.876-04:00Think Machine<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTbsGMRsOkCPM1bzr5WwWk5tPP3n-eG79GhzVfPoWhYlhyf6b-qgnMlSUHYEvJHiITuKAMfUeYLDAGk49Urh8ncSu8pHViHdyKNTIoVHm4wPzbcsOlDGg1v5cagn3EMgCWmG1cURsvaA4/s2048/right+mind.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1188" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTbsGMRsOkCPM1bzr5WwWk5tPP3n-eG79GhzVfPoWhYlhyf6b-qgnMlSUHYEvJHiITuKAMfUeYLDAGk49Urh8ncSu8pHViHdyKNTIoVHm4wPzbcsOlDGg1v5cagn3EMgCWmG1cURsvaA4/w190-h328/right+mind.jpg" width="190" /></a></div> <p></p><p> Another gag sketched on the back of a business card. (Tiny art = getting stuff done!)<br /></p>John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-1529562210467664132020-09-27T11:00:00.002-04:002020-09-27T11:00:02.380-04:00Bite Me<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojMMld5fdEfi6HHckGt3sVNxOrEcXu7dv2VMtt5H0GBr9-bB1-7_suaR5GvOqpDMGFIzqnBR-zmkBphCGz1ffLOKYET1ot-wmmTQNe0oRmHnxH3-jDoSp0Tc9VqtrUTWtVviseKRSsUM/s1458/ouroboros.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1458" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojMMld5fdEfi6HHckGt3sVNxOrEcXu7dv2VMtt5H0GBr9-bB1-7_suaR5GvOqpDMGFIzqnBR-zmkBphCGz1ffLOKYET1ot-wmmTQNe0oRmHnxH3-jDoSp0Tc9VqtrUTWtVviseKRSsUM/w328-h263/ouroboros.jpg" width="328" /></a></div> <p></p><p>We recently finished a re-watch of "Millennium," the Chris Carter-created TV series that used the famous image of a snake eating its tail -- known as ouroboros -- as its logo. This struck me as a particularly non-animal-like behavior. </p><p>(Drawn on the back of a business card, so don't enlarge the image too much -- it was pretty small to begin with!)<br /></p>John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-83499795438959263742020-09-20T11:00:00.001-04:002020-09-20T11:00:00.238-04:00Swell Head<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJT_tdEfKnHqTK0WxHPm3yKmW3jGxxqy6fpkn1IDo2UglQP0St0NuVXZdD4wbP3qyq5uOn2diNWzXchP4sky2E2fMvXOvfASWVTuFsE34ZQIDFfjcXSmzW-XWF7-jp-FihqV784Z-QYGw/s2048/big+thinker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1256" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJT_tdEfKnHqTK0WxHPm3yKmW3jGxxqy6fpkn1IDo2UglQP0St0NuVXZdD4wbP3qyq5uOn2diNWzXchP4sky2E2fMvXOvfASWVTuFsE34ZQIDFfjcXSmzW-XWF7-jp-FihqV784Z-QYGw/s640/big+thinker.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p> I know a few people who could use this light-bulb moment. <br /></p>John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-91273003649029612232020-09-13T11:00:00.002-04:002020-09-13T11:00:02.659-04:00Masked Man<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-fnZxVe2AOd4ytwtndflWiJb1J8psmGBmOYUCUbxDsAc7np5s2riNUrTf9WveOjmqIzVoqsK50qxLAhYwIQUM1NyFBS6nUCx7IfFDSTSOwx6M6knzCMBvonggM-e-zYmnWAVJZIGqJo/s2048/bat+mask.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1139" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-fnZxVe2AOd4ytwtndflWiJb1J8psmGBmOYUCUbxDsAc7np5s2riNUrTf9WveOjmqIzVoqsK50qxLAhYwIQUM1NyFBS6nUCx7IfFDSTSOwx6M6knzCMBvonggM-e-zYmnWAVJZIGqJo/w228-h410/bat+mask.jpg" width="228" /></a></div> <p></p><p>I drew this on the back of a business card during the height of the "I'm not going to wear a mask" craze that swept/continues to sweep this nation. Sigh...<br /></p><p> </p>John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-614584308456838052020-09-06T11:00:00.002-04:002020-09-06T11:00:07.641-04:00Master of disguise<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyoVVdCBhNO6BM37tkaccl07WtOewGAKwnrbITI54vQVK-rAwKn9YCpGp0aVm2PKYcnz8jTi6DuOzEs4lBcPZ7rK6aRQpanPN2ZOihA2rqpQ7F2Yv_dNEtolBlyMCa0KxOoe9WkxOPgmw/s2048/cat-man.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1405" data-original-width="2048" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyoVVdCBhNO6BM37tkaccl07WtOewGAKwnrbITI54vQVK-rAwKn9YCpGp0aVm2PKYcnz8jTi6DuOzEs4lBcPZ7rK6aRQpanPN2ZOihA2rqpQ7F2Yv_dNEtolBlyMCa0KxOoe9WkxOPgmw/w410-h281/cat-man.jpg" width="410" /></a></div> <p></p><p> </p><p> A silly sketch card that I thought ended up working pretty well for this webcomic.<br /></p>John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-57354234960428573282020-08-30T11:00:00.001-04:002020-08-30T11:00:09.222-04:00Gator commentary<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_DCG2ZCRsjz77EgDtoga13vafW6LNWQlS6gF5OsDjMhDQaPy3G11he1AX2k4S5gelXgzB5nxwWnB8i-s1Hz75c83LVXLYCeWA0EwHkXoP7IgwUF7Jc6AeOq_989fJxaO47AsxHfCyDM/s2048/covid+croc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="2048" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_DCG2ZCRsjz77EgDtoga13vafW6LNWQlS6gF5OsDjMhDQaPy3G11he1AX2k4S5gelXgzB5nxwWnB8i-s1Hz75c83LVXLYCeWA0EwHkXoP7IgwUF7Jc6AeOq_989fJxaO47AsxHfCyDM/w410-h235/covid+croc.jpg" width="410" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I drew this on the back of a business card a few weeks ago while Florida's COVID cases were booming.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I guess it could also serve as a commentary on sea-level rise and climate change.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Either way: Alligators. <br /></div><p></p>John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-62726471962531167652020-08-23T11:00:00.002-04:002020-08-23T14:56:43.390-04:00Kaboom<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FISobxwUauKbW-y4ntpr4ZAM7YGvQOLUmX-fHACJRyIlPdPY8bbFz2NPhu_5-WGDSe11GEljkb8H3WrhVDLnT0IW7ck-0pdSzy6pldOJvrGypVDB-wl9yX_mjGbwLCGIj8xd9R2Awq4/s2516/volcano.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2516" data-original-width="2010" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FISobxwUauKbW-y4ntpr4ZAM7YGvQOLUmX-fHACJRyIlPdPY8bbFz2NPhu_5-WGDSe11GEljkb8H3WrhVDLnT0IW7ck-0pdSzy6pldOJvrGypVDB-wl9yX_mjGbwLCGIj8xd9R2Awq4/w320-h400/volcano.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I haven't posted many new cartoons in the past year, but at least 10 weeks of new gags starts today!</div>John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-66850281776262342762020-04-05T11:00:00.000-04:002020-04-05T11:00:10.686-04:00I'm glad I have a working beard trimmer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With salons and barbers closed for the pandemic, this may soon be all of us.<br />
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I've been meaning to get back to the webcomic, and this current crisis just might provide that opportunity (as well as give me a few things to comment upon). Here's a quick opening salvo. John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-32248636383741821312019-12-08T09:00:00.000-05:002019-12-08T09:00:02.899-05:00Ho-ho-homicide<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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'Tis the season for my first new cartoon in a few months! It's good to be back (if even for just one week) after my brief hiatus. I'll try to get back to weekly postings again in 2020. For now, though, here's a little holiday treat.John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-40797097053159147212019-09-15T12:22:00.001-04:002019-09-15T12:22:47.167-04:00All my iconography defaults to the 1970s.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week's quick-sketch cartoon was most emphatically <i>not </i>drawn in front of the television. That's my story and I'm sticking with it.<br />
<br />John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-73357333700483189102019-09-08T14:06:00.000-04:002019-09-08T14:06:22.526-04:00"Not a puppet!"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ripped from the headlines...John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-9875400599349534752019-09-01T13:18:00.000-04:002019-09-01T13:18:15.586-04:00Guilty as charged<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Autobiography at its finest.<br />
<br />John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-5601962663449420582019-08-25T13:59:00.000-04:002019-08-25T13:59:02.669-04:00The planet is on fire and I (don't) feel fine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Obviously this was inspired by the recent swath of fires in the Amazon, but this isn't just a Brazil problem (there are also massive waves of human-set fires in the Congo, Indonesia and other parts of the world), nor is it just a fire problem (we're destroying so much else, in so many other ways). But it all adds up, and it's all...not very smart.<br />
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Here's hoping my next environmentally themed cartoon touches on something a wee bit less despairing!<br />
<br />John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-37748107007843165282019-08-18T14:39:00.000-04:002019-08-18T14:39:56.240-04:00Now that's putting your neck out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a bit of a callback to an <a href="http://plattcomics.blogspot.com/2018/03/a-question-for-all-of-us.html" target="_blank">earlier cartoon</a>. (I definitely have my themes...)John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-41513116894078152712019-08-11T14:04:00.002-04:002019-08-11T14:04:29.123-04:00"I am consumer, destroyer of worlds"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A super-quick sketch I'll draw in more detail one of these days, but for now -- hot on the heels of <a href="https://www.overshootday.org/newsroom/press-release-june-2019-english/" target="_blank">Earth Overshoot Da</a>y -- this will do.John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-33543042822176416242019-08-04T13:33:00.001-04:002019-08-04T13:34:15.065-04:00I felt like drawing a cute whale (but then things got a little dark...)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-66182338801010473082019-07-28T14:17:00.001-04:002019-07-28T14:17:37.824-04:00Grainy images of the past<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Remember the satisfying THUNK of a tape getting sucked into a VCR?<br />
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<br />John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-20441748200823788712019-07-21T13:55:00.001-04:002019-07-21T13:55:08.811-04:00Tremors (not the movie)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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True story...John R. Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747752446879776473.post-40035658826403769182019-07-14T10:00:00.000-04:002019-07-14T10:00:04.662-04:00Drama<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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