Simon Lamont

@simonlamont

Arctophile. Atheist. Bibliophile. INFX. He/Him. Carer. Created the Jencyclopaedia in the earlyish days of the Web. Issues The Friday Irregular (trivia, film quotations, weird world news &c) on Thursdays... No DMs, please.

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Simon Lamont@simonlamont· 6d

In TFIr#880: psithurism, Viking 2, Shirley Jackson, cats, Schrödinger, Hedy Lamarr, the IBM PC, H.G. Wells, Terry Pratchett, snails, UFOs in the LHC, the Shroud of Turin, chess, marijuana, Jimmy Cricket, Jeanne Gibson & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· 10d

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Donald Trump's police mugshot with the caption "Bothered by Trapped wind? Try TRUMPEX!"

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· 12d

The apex predator waiting to leap out at passing victims to demand tickletums... ;)

A black cat sitting by a dustbin partially hidden by a wall and a telephone post.

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· 13d

In TFIr#879: bayardism, rum, Frances Farmer, the Jungfrau, Barack Obama, Lizzie Borden, William Wallace, Marilyn Monroe, Bernard Lovell, the WWW, birdsong, Jodrell Bank, pyrocumulonimbus, DNA, siblings, Bill Oddie, Zippy & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

The Friday Irregular and the Jungfrau mountain in Switzerland

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· 14d

If he did it was not used. The deck in Live and Let Die was the Tarot of the Witches, paintings by Fergus Hall. (I have the deck). There is a Dali-designed deck but this is not it.

The High Priestess card from The Tarot of the Witches and the copyright/information card about the deck

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· 20d

In the Jentastic TFIr#878: kakistocracy, Jennifer Lopez, Alex Higgins, BASE jumping, Bugs Bunny, Jenny Holzer, tigers, Thomas Gray, Jennifer Garner, a python, a pen, pigs, Rutland, Barksy, Jennifer Finch, Gary Sobers & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

The Friday Irregular and the building housing the Bank of England

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· 27d

In TFIr#877: emojis, Jane Austen, the Mary Rose, Mel Smith, Apollo 11, Nicola Benedetti, chess, Robert Burns, Paloma Faith, Vic Morrow, tigers, hobbits, Iron Man, Ruth Ellis, peanut butter, Bonnie Tyler, Sam Neill & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

The Friday Irregular and a contemporary picture of the Tudor ship Mary Rose

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· Jul 9

In TFIr#876: Lady Jane Grey, Waterloo, Caesar, John Dee, Shannon Doherty, Live Aid, Jane Goodall, Mozilla, Kevin Mitnick, guinea pigs, Phoebe Cates, Kamo'oalewa, seagulls, the LHC, Lego, the Hum, a message in a bottle & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

The Friday Irregular in green capitals and a white and brown guinea pig who is eating the 'I' of "Irregular".

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· Jul 2

In TFIr#875: komorebi, CERN, bikinis, the Beatles, Veronica Lake, chocolate, Roswell, Kevin Bacon, Betty Ford, Wimbledon, Kafka, Ronald Lacey, bees, the ISS, atlatls, NOAA, Whidbey, Yandex, Victor Willis, Penelope Keith & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

The words 'The Friday Irregular' patterned as the US flag against a background of exploding fireworks

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· Jun 25

In TFIr#874: thermotics, George II, Felicia Day, Tunguska, the iPhone, Tau, Liv Tyler, tartan, Nostradamus, Jane Austen, tree rights, MAVEN, Stonehenge, Titanic, Star Wars, fungi, a cat, Lego, Daveigh Chase, James Burrows & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

The Friday Irregular and a landscape of mostly-fallen trees caused by the Tunguska event.

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· Jun 18

In TFIr#873: crumping, Kathleen Turner, Garfield, Jaws, Machiavelli, Scapa Flow, Sonic the Hedgehog, Lucrezia Borgia, UFOs, Sean Connery, goblin sharks, octopuses, Mars, fire, La Palma, nuns, Dave Greenslade, Jane Yolen & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

The Friday Irregular and the Rainbow Flag

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· Jun 12

Film/TV/music archive stats: Films: 8545 (DVD: 4058; Blu-Ray: 212; DVR: 4196; Other: 79). TV: 33384 (DVD: 18949; Blu-Ray: 120; DVR: 9685; Other: 4630). CD albums: 1419; CD singles: 73. MP3s: 13262. iTunes: 12914 tracks (35.1 days' playtime)

Bar chart showing the number of films in the archive by decade - 1900s: 3, 1910s: 11, 1920s: 62, 1930s: 158, 1940s: 295, 1950s: 571, 1960s: 717, 1970s: 755, 1980s: 901, 1990s: 1281, 2000s: 1531, 2010s: 1882, 2020s: 377.

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· Jun 11

In TFIr#872: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Firefox, Magna Carta, the Statue of Liberty, a Tasmanian devil, the ISS, ostraca, Ötzi, Stonehenge, mangroves, fog, mullets, Nessie, Elmo, golf, Marjane Satrapi, Anthony Head & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

The Friday Irregular and Da Vinci's painting The Mona Lisa

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· Jun 4

In TFIr#871: the Orient Express, D-Day, Jean Harlow, Anthony Bourdain, Julee Cruise, the USS Missouri, Art Nouveau, Maurice Sendak, Dickens, pigeons, Head Over Heels, Facebook, slurry, Peabo Bryson, Marcia Lucas & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

The Friday Irregular and John Everett Millais' painting The Boyhood of Raleigh depicting a man and two children, Walter Raleigh and a friend, sitting by the sea at Budleigh Salterton. The man is pointing out to sea and there is a toy ship on the ground.

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· Jun 1

This Speed Champions Back to the Future DeLorean was a fun one to build. It can be in either wheels-down with cable grabber or wheels-up Mr Fusion flying mode (as here). I have mounted it on a spare Lego aircraft mount. :)

The Lego Speed Champions Delorean time machine car from Back to the Future, in flying configuration on a Lego aircraft mount above other Lego cars and in front of several DVDs including the back to the Future films.

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· May 28

In TFIr#870: autobesity, G.K. Chesterton, Pearl Hart, Pepys, whisky, Marilyn Monroe, Vandals, Jewel Staite, Casanova, Puget Sound, VHS, whales, puffins, heat, cheese rolling, walnut whips, Michael Keating, Judith Chalmers & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· May 21

In TFIr#869: goths, accordions, Eurovision, Mai Zetterling, towels, the Glorious 25th, Pepys, the Chrysler Building, Rousay, Atty, a medieval latrine, The Almagast, Doom, rogue Waymos, wine, Jill Curzon, Alan Rothwell & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

The Friday Irregular and the art deco spire of the Chrysler Building in New York City against a light blue sky with a little cloud

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· May 14

In TFIr#868: apanthropy, Ronald Lacey, Yvonne Craig, Botticelli, Malta, Toyah, Krakatoa, Cher, Niki Lauda, bees, tea, Bob Hope, a capybara, Archimedes' death ray, Boba Fett, the Euphrates, Mel C, Ted Turner, Koji Suzuki & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

The Friday Irregular and fragment A of the Antikythera mechanism

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· May 7

In TFIr#867: David Attenborough, the Furry Dance, Lena Horne, the Tea Act, Betamax, Douglas Adams, Doris Day, Grumpy Cat, Kellas cats, scorpions, crannogs, Ramses II, the Gates to Hell, Jeeves, Claire Nelson, Peter Dillon & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

The Friday Irregular and Marble Arch in London, designed by John Nash

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· Apr 30

In TFIr#866: rubatosis, Ayrton Senna, Lily Allen, tuna, spam, Dodie Smith, Greenpeace, Star Wars, L. Frank Baum, da Vinci, Alec Guinness, Mars, Menkaure, Roo, Africa, IKEA, Terry Jones, tiramisu, Nedra Talley, Roger Sweet & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

The Friday Irregular and a Star Wars crawl reading "Not very long ago (Thursday* morning, to be honest), in a galaxy really not so far away (this one, actually|)... TH|E FRIDAY IRREGULAR (*Yes, we know it's called the FRIDAY Irregular. It goes out on Thursday because HEY! That's no moon. It's a space station!)"

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· Apr 23

In TFIr#865: Troy, Daniel Defoe, Ella Fitzgerald, Duane Eddy, Barbie, Magellan, Terry Pratchett, Joan of Arc, Dachau, jazz, cats, toads, lots of bees, Mars, Voyager 1, The Iliad, Lake Arrowhead, Joy Harmon, Andy Kershaw & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

The Friday Irregular and a bunch of bananas on top of a stack of old books. Ook!

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· Apr 16

In TFIr#864: snerdling, Jennifer Garner. Paul Revere, amateur radio, 420, Nessie, tea, Nina Simone, Shakespeare, New Coke, books, owls, comets, Culloden, El Niño, Google, annoyances, Angela Pleasance, Africa Bambaataa & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

The Friday Irregular and a glass cup of Earl Grey tea

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· Apr 9

In TFIr#863: tsundoku, the Titanic, Cerys Matthews, Yuri Gagarin, the Met, Hillsborough, da Vinci, Elizabeth Montgomery, LSD, Waiting for Godot, rhinos, Magawa, Larry the cat, Integrity, The Clangers, red skies, Nick Pope & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

The Friday Irregular and the depiction of Halley's Comet from the Bayeux Tapestry

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· Apr 2

In TFIr#862: phubbing, NATO, Star Trek, Worsdworth, Jennifer Lynch, the Venus de Milo, Rossetti, Margaret Rule, giraffes, Artemis II, the Royal Iris, Napoleon's hat, d'Artagnan, C-3PO, bananas, Mary Rand, James Tolkan & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

The Friday Irregular and daffodils growing in front of trees and a bench

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· Mar 26

In TFIr#861: rugby, the Terracotta Army, Jennifer Capriati, MC Hammer, Descartes, Charlotte Brontë, edible books, Renée Good, capybaras, the polybos, a sinkhole, Suzi Quatro, sticky tape, Robert Mueller, Valerie Perrine & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

The Friday Irregular and a Lancaster bomber

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· Mar 19

In TFIr#860: cats, Einstein, Pocahontas, Comic Con, The Beatles, Mary Berry, The Great Escape, Tolkien, the Fish Doorbell, Silverpit, Death Valley, garlic, pi, the Razzies & the Oscars, Len Deighton, Jane Lapotaire & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· Mar 14

Happy Pi Day! #PiDay #NotAI

A 3D-rendered image of the Greek letter Pi, coloured green against a slightly cloudy sky

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· Mar 12

In TFIr#859: Rita Tushingham, Pi, Caesar, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Amoco Cadiz, Dick Dale, Queen Latifah, Arthur C. Clarke, blue whales, JUICE, 3I/ATLAS, Jomsborg, CERN, Doom, Jennifer Runyon, Country Joe McDonald & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

The Friday Irregular and the Chicago River dyed green for St Patrick's Day (photograph by Scott M. Liebenson, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0)

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· Feb 26

In TFIr#857: Ellen Terry, M*A*S*H, Scouse, Nikola Tesla, Dr Seuss, Vivaldi, Teena Marie, the ZX81, exosyzygy, Roman pizza, Nazca, chocolate, lion DNA, the Orkneys, the Louvre, the Olympics, the BAFTAs, Martyn Butler & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer... www.simonlamont.co.uk/tfir/index.htm

The Friday Irregular and a Sinclair ZX81 home computer

Simon Lamont@simonlamont· Feb 22

Hit this today… :)