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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 02/10/2026

A couple of miscreants hope you feel better (well I do too)

Two fairly fluffy cats poke at each other from opposite positions on a fuzzy grey couch.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 26/08/2026

It was true in 2023 when I posted it on my Mastodon, and it's still true. Rest easy, Princess Frank. 💘

screenshot: @tamarasiuda@spore.social , June 10, 2023 with an image of Dr. Frank N. Furter played by Tim Curry. Post says:
"Hear me out:
Whereas:
- 20th Century Fox films are owned by Disney; and
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a Fox film

Dr. Frank N. Furter is a Disney Princess.
Qualifications:
1. sings in a musical
2. a friend to children and animals
3. a timely role model, as a trans person in STEM
4. inclusion would make a Florida Governor lose his mind

*edited for pronoun ambiguity

Don't dream it - be it! (heart, trans flag, LGBT+ flag, dancing girls, crown, and princess emojis)

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 03/08/2026

According to the sign in the elevator one can have a plant as a “sleepover buddy.” I think the fairies are trying to move the forest indoors…they’re also clearly after the English-speaking tourists.

A sign in an elevator with text on a green blob that says “social sustainability is an integral part of our philosophy” and goes on to say that guests can borrow a plant as a “sleepover buddy” as part of its green options. It is one of the few signs in the elevator in English.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 02/08/2026

I know a fairy door when I see one… (painted on the wall of my hotel)

A painting of a slightly open hotel room door labeled Room 237.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 12/07/2026

I’m so glad my cold brew bottle will be fresh until February 30… 😳

A white plastic cap to a cold brew concentrate bottle, with a “best by” BB date of February 30, 2027 printed on top in black ink.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 09/07/2026

Tiye’s yellow lips. I know that is not even remotely the proper name for this sculpture fragment but I have always loved it and wonder what the full bust must’ve been like.

A fragment of a face of dynasty 18 queen Tiye (ancient Egypt). The most exquisite pair of lips and a soft, beautiful bottom half of a woman’s face are carved in a light yellow stone polished so smooth it looks alive. Now at the metropolitan museum of art, NYC.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 25/06/2026

Update: oh no this is not acceptable

A grey and white Siberian cat with pale free eyes is in a wire-topped cat crate inside a dark-interiored car on the passenger seat. He is staring accusingly at the camera.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 25/06/2026

Midnight, and I have to convince Seamus to let me put all the food away because he has dental surgery in the morning. It’s going to be a long sad night. This poor soul

A polydactyl grey and white Siberian cat with wide green eyes pokes his head and front feet out of a green cat bed with a black and white oval pattern. He is sitting on a table next to a bamboo placemat and in frontv of wooden window blinds.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 07/06/2026

On the sixth of June... (one for my #sabaton fans)

Three-panel seagull meme with three lines from the Sabaton song "Primo Victoria" assigned to the bird in its three stages of shouting (small beak gull/first panel says "Through the gates of hell"; second panel says "As we make our way to heaven" as the seagull throws its head back; third panel all caps "THROUGH THE NAZI LINE!!!" with the seagull in glowing red with glowing red eyes and wide beak)

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 16/05/2026

Remembering graduation weekend in 2019 with one of my committee advisors, Dr. Sallama Shaker, who was also an ambassador and one of the most badass women I’ve ever known. I miss her.

Ambassador Sallama Shaker, PhD (left) and Dr. Tamara L. Siuda (right), standing in graduation regalia, May 2019. The seal of Claremont Graduate University is on the wall behind them.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 09/05/2026

Today this miscreant is a year old. Happy birthday, Finn. Please let me use the sink.

A grey and white ragdoll kitten sits curled up in a bathroom sink.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 10/03/2026

Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

A cartoon elephant dressed in a green tuxedo wearing a golden crown.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 17/02/2026

This a CAT checkpoint. Show me the most recent cat image on your phone.

A grey and white kitten (seen only from the side with head and shoulders visible) is sleeping on a desk calendar, with a computer and some cabling vaguely visible behind him.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 08/02/2026

Back at Birmingham airport waiting for flights home. #ISS26 was an extraordinary meeting. They’re always great, but this year in this place (Tuscaloosa), right now, was particularly timely. Grateful to the UA hosts and our ISS directors for such a rewarding experience. Here’s a photo from our venue:

A plaque at Presidents Hall, University of Alabama, explaining its name. The building was originally named for a past president who was a confederate, an enslaver, and a person unworthy of honor. One wonders how long this plaque gets to stay with Alabama’s new anti-DEI laws already targeting the department whose name was changed and whose instructors may no longer speak about the history of slavery and its legacy on campus

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 31/01/2026

Yikes, and also I hate that I understood that entire thread. 😳🤬😔🫠😭

Meme of a meter labeled with an arc of colors. Left is green labeled “low yikes,” center and partially to the right a yellow section labeled “medium yikes” and to the right a red section labeled “critical high yikes.” There is an arrow indicator pointing at the highest side of the red/critical high yikes section.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 14/01/2026

HEY BUDDY ❤️ your LA-area buddies Seamus and Finn love you and say hang in there ❤️

A large grey and white long haired Siberian cat sits on a cardboard moving box slightly in front of a slightly smaller and mostly white but also grey Ragdoll kitten. Both are looking curiously at the camera.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 30/12/2025

I’m not sure I needed to know anything about his, um, “interdigitation” habits. I’m also not sure that partner would appreciate the entire internet hearing about it somehow.

meme image: A colored meter made of a half circle divided into a green section at the left labeled LOW YIKES, a central yellow section labeled MEDIUM YIKES, and a right side red section labeled CRITICAL HIGH YIKES. A white arrow is pointing at the highest edge of the red section indicating the highest of critical high yikes.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 10/12/2025

Finn: You didn’t actually want those dishes cleaned did you? #kitten

A light colored ragdoll kitten sits inside the open door of a dishwasher filled with dishes. He looks very proud of himself and is meowing about it. A dark wooden stool is off to the left side near the cabinets.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 10/10/2025

First a little couch standoff, now sleeping with one paw touching. Seems like Seamus had a nice birthday, even if the kitten keeps stealing his toys.

A very fluffy polydactyl grey and white cat lays on a grey cloth couch. A smaller white and grey kitten with white socks is poking one of his paws as he also lays across the couch.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 09/10/2025

Oh my. Qualtrics found the AI elephant in the room and it has three trunks. Not on my bingo card to be the first corporate email I’d get admitting what is happening 😳

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 09/10/2025

He’s a bit fluffier now as he fills out, but still as sassy and sweet as the day I brought him home, when he was a year and a half or so old. Here’s Seamus with his birthday present/new partner in crime.

A fluffy long haired grey and white cat sits on top of stacked cardboard moving boxes, to the right of an open doorway leading into a hall. A black fan is sitting on the hallway floor in front of a sliding closet door. Just behind the larger cat, a mostly white kitten about half the cat’s size is also sitting on top of the boxes.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 30/09/2025

Today we remember. Find all the kids and send them all home 🧡 (and if you’re not familiar, learn about Indian boarding schools today). This touched my family too. #Indigenous #EveryChildMatters

A person with long greying brown hair and glasses wears an orange T shirt with Haudenosaunee geometric and floral designs in black and white and a black central circle labeled EVERY CHILD MATTERS in honor of the commemoration of generations of children lost to Indian boarding school genocide across the USA and Canada.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 23/09/2025

The Brothering continues. Finn is settling in, and Seamus looks exhausted about it, but they’re getting along very well. As soon as I took this, they started running around together again.

A cream and tan kitten sits next to a cardboard toy on a grey carpet. To his right a grey and white long haired cat is laying down. He watches the camera quietly with one eye half closed. Other cat toys, boxes, and furniture are further in the background and an ottoman with a brown wooden frame is off the left.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 11/09/2025

This week I am introducing a kitten to my five year old cat who was far more lonely than I think either of us realized until the little guy arrived. Good lessons in why we need friends.

A Siamese kitten and an adult Siberian cat with very similar coloration are playing with a large paper bag on top of a white down comforter spread across a bed. The walls of the room are also white but there are blackout curtains (in black) at the right of the image, along with a black lamp and electronics on a bedside table.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 09/09/2025

Our littlest roommate is adorable.

A five month old lynx point Siamese kitten sits on top of a pastel pink and blue blanket.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 09/09/2025

The Friendmaking has begun. So far, Seamus has shared his toys, attempted to eat kitten food, and generally been wonderful. Our small friend is pending a name change as the name he was granted isn’t quite a fit, but seems eager for a playmate. Wish us luck!

A large, grey Siberian cat (left) walks toward a small lynx point Siamese kitten. They are almost touching noses and both seem to be reacting positively to each other’s presence. An abandoned grey wool puff toy sits on the carpet between them.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 18/08/2025

My 20 MONSTERS from childhood, Day 18/20: Tim Curry probably shouldn't count as a monster, but he does! The Lord of Darkness ("big D") even, from Legend (1985).

A still from Legend (1985 film) of Tim Curry as The Lord of Darkness. He is shown in extensive makeup and prosthetics rendering him into a Satanic figure with bright red skin, grinning fangs, and large glossy black horns.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 17/08/2025

My 20 MONSTERS from childhood, Day 17/20: I will always have a soft spot in my heart for the Mummy remakes of my adulthood, but for my *childhood,* there is a brooding Boris Karloff in that spot.

Black and white photo of Boris Karloff as the Mummy (1932). An actor wearing a fez holds a bowl lamp in one hand. His face is leathery from stage makeup designed to make him look like a resurrected mummy, and his eyes are intensely staring at the camera.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 12/08/2025

My 20 MONSTERS from childhood, Day 16/20: Thulsa Doom, both in his final snaky form and in his human guise, played by James Earl Jones in Conan the Barbarian (1981). Most of my monsters are movie monsters but that makes sense - monster movies with my dad were a childhood staple.

Thulsa Doom, the villain of Conan the Barbarian (1981), after he is transformed. A film still in which a man wearing a red and black leather hood is shown with the head of a brown and grey striped snake against a scaly golden background.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 11/08/2025

And we lost a few days to monstrosity in the real world (of a kind we don't want to memorialize in posts), but here we go again: My 20 MONSTERS from childhood, Day 15/20: Not sure Rell the cyclops counts as a monster, but he made quite an impression on me in Krull (1983), the film where he appeared.

An image of Rell, the cyclopean character who appears in the fantasy film called Krull (1983). Image shows a black and white photo of a man with a single eye in the center of his forehead over a very large nose, with shaggy hair, in a closeup of his head and shoulders against a forest background.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 10/08/2025

Woke up to find out more than a million people potentially saw my Complete Encyclopedia of Egyptian Deities on the table in front of Adwoa and Solomon in their latest Adeche Atelier videos. One time I will enjoy my social media blowing up! (they're @adeche.atelier at Instagram) #ceed #booksky

A still from Adeche Atelier (@adeche.atelier on Instagram)'s most recent video. A Black woman and a Black man are leaning into each other and smiling as they sit in front of a bookshelf with many books about African mythology on it. In front of them on the table are other books, including my own book which is the bright blue book at the bottom right of the stack. The text at the top of the video says "we almost forgot this was the whole point"

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 08/08/2025

Seamus, who can be a total jerk and a precious baby at the same time…

A picture of Seamus, a polydactyl Siberian cat, who is light grey and white in color, stretched out on top of a light brown couch near a sunny window. A pillow with art deco Egyptian designs on it is in front of him.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 05/08/2025

Di Wep Ronpet Nofret (may (you) be given a beautiful (new) year) If you're celebrating #wepronpet today, blessings of the pharaonic new year! May it be bright and shining like the sun. 🌞

A golden square image with another image of a golden lion whose mane looks like sunbeams or fire and a solar disk floating above his head is labeled "Di Wep Ronpet Nofret! Happy New Year! Year of Ra-Horakhty" in white letters around the image of the lion, and below the lion in smaller black letters it says " tamarasiuda.com * patreon.com/tsiuda solar lion image: @MZane_Art "

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 04/08/2025

Happy birthday, Nephthys (Nebt-het)! (see patreon.com/tsiuda for my annual birthdays-of-the-gods countdown to the pharaonic New Year - which is tomorrow!)

A purple background behind a photograph an image of Nephthys from an ancient Egyptian granite sarcophagus. She is kneeling on top of a hieroglyph meaning "gold" with her arms held up to her sides. The hieroglyphs of her name: a basket stacked on top of a temple in a manner resembling a chalice, are on top of her head like a crown. Words on the photo say "happy birthday Nephthys!" and below the photo "Epagomenal Day 5."

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 03/08/2025

Happy birthday, Aset (Isis)! (see patreon.com/tsiuda for my annual birthdays-of-the-gods countdown to the pharaonic New Year).

A blue square with a photograph of the goddess Isis in a painting from the tomb of King Siptah in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. She is kneeling behind a lion bed and her hand is reaching out toward a round hieroglyph on the floor in front of her. Hieroglyphs for her name (a throne and an egg) are on her head and she is wearing a short white bag-crown. The text says "Happy birthday Isis!" and "Epagomenal Day 4."

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 02/08/2025

Happy birthday, Set (Seth, Sutekh)! (see patreon.com/tsiuda for my annual birthdays-of-the-gods countdown to the pharaonic New Year).

A red square with a photograph of the temple wall of Abu Simbel temple in Nubia, showing the ancient Egyptian god Set holding a palm frond in one hand and reaching out to bless King Ramses II with the other hand. Hieroglyphs are in vertical lines above their heads. The text says "Happy birthday Set!" and "Epagomenal Day 3."

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 01/08/2025

And now we are caught up: Happy birthday, Horus the Elder! (patreon.com/tsiuda for the birthdays countdown to the pharaonic New Year).

A statue of Horus in front of a temple courtyard wall is in a photo on a pale yellow background. The text says Happy birthday Horus! Epagomenal Day 2.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 01/08/2025

Belated: happy birthday Osiris! (Yesterday) read more at patreon.com/tsiuda !

an image of Osiris from an ancient Egyptian temple wall is in a photo on a light green background. The text says Happy birthday Osiris! Epagomenal Day 1.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 25/07/2025

My copy arrived today and it looks terrific!

A paperback book with a black cover and an image of the Egyptian goddess Mut on it is shown on the background of a white cloth covered in tiny green leaves. The book’s title is Mother of Mothers: an Anthology for Mut and the authors name, Chelsea Luellon Bolton, is at the bottom of the book edge.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 10/07/2025

...did we just get the student loan extortion letter? It sure reads a whole lot like the fork in the road emails: "Nice forbearance plan you have there, we can't cancel it because of courts, but won't you drop it and start over in favor of these other plans we have no intention of supporting?" 🤪🤡

Part of an email about my student loan, formatted as if it's offering helpful alternatives but none of them are guaranteed or will be as helpful as the one I'm already on.

A screenshot of a portion of an email from the Department of Education about a student loan.

Green triangle with ! icon: "Avoid Growing Your Debt": Now that interest will start accruing on Aug. 1, staying in the SAVE forbearance will increase the total amount of federal student loan debt you owe. Having interest accrue while you're not making payments will cost you more in the long run."
Clock icon in green: "Pay Off Debt Faster: If you switch to a different plan now and start making payments, you'll pay off your debt more quickly than if you stayed on the SAVE plan in an interest-bearing forbearance."
A pie chart with broken out pieces in green: "Plan for the Future: By enrolling in a different plan now, you'll learn your new monthly payment amount and can better plan for how your student loans fit into your budget."
Icon in green of a building with a clock above the door: "Public Service Loan Forgiveness: Time spent in the SAVE forbearance *does not* provide credit toward Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). If you're pursuing PSLF, you'll reach your required 120 qualifying monthly payments faster by starting payments on a different plan."
Green icon of a hand with a dollar sign above it: "IBR Loan Forgiveness: If you switch to the Income-Based Repayment (IBR) Plan, you'll be eligible to have any remaining balance on your loans discharged after 20 or 25 years, depending on when you took out your loans. Apply for IBR on StudentAid.gov."

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 03/07/2025

…and then I found a very tiny Jesus perched above the bathroom mirror in my hotel room. It’s like the clickbait “check your hotel room” things, but…mini Jesus was not what I thought I’d find peeping at me. And yes photos because it did happen. 😳

A very small (about an inch tall) plastic figurine of the white/Cesare Borgia style Jesus Christ in a white robe with a light blue sash which says “Jesus ❤️ You” sits atop a wooden mirror frame in a Utah hotel room.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 29/06/2025

My 20 MONSTERS from childhood, Day 14/20: The Wolfman has to count. This image, however, is not from my childhood. It's from last year and up the street from where I used to live in Portland!

A small statue of the Wolfman peeks out from the window of a mailbox shop. Colorful stickers of trees, a dragonfly, and the shape of the state of Oregon with a green heart in the middle decorate the storefront window .There is a carousel of cards behind the Wolfman statue, which has been placed on top of a diorama of dirt and tiny trees and moss. Photo 2024, Tamara L. Siuda

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 28/06/2025

Oh no, my deckblue wasn't sending these out. Time to get back on it. My 20 MONSTERS from childhood, Day 13/20: Washington Irving's Headless Horseman. (Does a ghost count as a monster? he has a pumpkin head... Fun image, but strange for the daytime? Should've taken this at night with flashlights.)

A headless man carrying a pumpkin in one hand holds the reins of a dark brown horse he is riding with his other hand. They pass behind a red metal sign that says "Legends & Lore HEADLESS HORSEMAN tethers his horse nightly among graves in this churchyard according to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow author Washington Irving. New York Folklore William G. Pomeroy Foundation 2018 63". There are trees in the background which is clearly the Sleepy Hollow, New York cemetery ground.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 28/06/2025

TFW your publicist sends your book to a gigantic social media account to consider for a book club, and this is the response you get from them when you ask if it was received (more news soon? exciting!)

A screenshot of a part of a message from (names redacted until it's public) sent via Patreon, saying "Hi Tamara, apologies for the late response on here! We can confirm we have received the book and it is absolutely STUNNING!" a black box says View Message at the bottom.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 14/06/2025

My 20 MONSTERS from childhood, Day 12/20: Clark, a bottled monster in the dark (in the park).

A page spread from "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" by Dr. Seuss. On the left side, two children in yellow shirts and black pants are carrying a large bottle filled with blue water that contains a tusked monster, whose head is above the water in the neck of the jar opening. The right page contains the poem: "Look what we found/in the park/in the dark/We will take him home./We will call him Clark. | He will live at our house./He will grow and grow./Will our mother like this?/We don't know."

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 12/06/2025

The painting, which was mounted on the wall in the Silent Hill Museum in Silent Hill 2, was entitled "Misty Day, Remains of Judgment." Here is the copy Alexis painted, in all its creepy glory, sitting with the boxes until I figure out what to do with it. See what I mean? Scary in the dark.

An original acrylic painting of Pyramid Head, the executioner villain of the video game Silent Hill 2, in a black frame, rests in the midst of many cardboard boxes. The painting is a faithful but darker copy of a painting that appears in the video game itself.

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Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com · 12/06/2025

My 20 MONSTERS from childhood, Day 11/20: Pyramid Head from the Silent Hill video game series. Not quite childhood but close enough.

The painting of "Pyramid Head" from Silent Hill 2, which appears in the museum. A man dressed as an executioner with a pyramidal/triangular hat and holding an impossibly long sword stands in front of the rough outlines of bodies hanging from cages on a washed out grey and red background.

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