September 15, 2014

On Beheadings (Islamic State Week)

James Foley, Steven Sotloff, and David Haines.

September 12, 2014

Fun Flag Fact Friday – Syria and Iraq (Islamic State Week)

If I were tasked with creating a flag I’d be trying to weave together a final product that combined national identity, symbolism, and artistry into something unique. Unfortunately the process of creating a nation flag occasionally boils down to someone saying, “Hey! That country has something that looks pretty nice – let’s do that!” Like…..

September 11, 2014

Vennesday XX – Islamic State Week

It’s Islamic State Week here on the blogcast, and what theme week would be complete without a Venn diagram? I’m still kicking myself for not jumping on the Shark Week / Sharknado bandwagon this year. It was a careless over site, one I hope not to repeat next year, unless I’ve gotten bored of writing or I forget or get busy or something. By they way, check out my kicking new Islamic State flag made specifically for this post. Neat, right? Venn time!

September 9, 2014

Haikuesday, September 9th, 2014 – Islamic State Week

Welcome to Islam State Week here on Your One Stop Stalk. Today I’m very proud to present the following gift to you, in place of my normal haiku: a Rhyming Trochaic Octameter, posted without additional commentary.

September 8, 2014

Announcing: Islamic State Week!

For the first time in this blog’s 45 year history we here at “Your One Stop Stalk” will devote an entire week to a specific topic currently making the news. So it’s with great pleasure, and even greater fanfare, that I can announce to my (Ed. note: “our”) loyal reader(s) ISLAMIC STATE WEEK! It’s kind of like Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, but with more blood. There’ll be an Islamic State poem on Tuesday, an Islamic state Venn on Wednesday, an Islamic state related Fun Flag Friday, and possibly some Islamic State maps and opinion pieces! The possibilities are figuratively endless, the only way it to for sure what’s going on is to keep reading.