Trump’s Night Before Christmas - by Alan Skwarla
Trump’s Night Before Christmas - by Alan Skwarla(Apologies to the estate of Clement Clarke Moore)‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through Trump Tower,Not a creature was stirring, except Kelly...
View ArticleSome excellent podcasts and fun stuff
A menu of interesting and fun podcasts:Criminal - interesting crime stories via BANANARCHY99% Invisible - It combines science, social science, and design to discuss aspects of the world around us. Some...
View ArticleLast day of the year, December 31st, 2016
via GIPHY2016 the movieWow. This is such a fascinating, poignant story. A husband in Japan fell out of talking with his wife for 23 years. Their son went to a tv program and asked for help to see if...
View ArticleFresh New Year, January 2nd, after the holidays, 2017
John James Audubon. The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. Philadelphia, 1840-44A Sri Yantra meditation mandala, with its geometry animated.Yantras...
View ArticleA little bliss and other cool stuff January 4th 2017
Ohhh! The bliss! The bliss! This is exactly how I look when I get a back massage.I could watch this over and over.Want to see something cool?!GREASY FINGERS | Finger Tut | Pnut | Finger Dance Style...
View ArticleMid January 2017
What an election! The insanity goes on.By now, I need to watch the Saturday Night Live skits for therapeutic reasons. SNL - Weekend Update 01/14/2017SNL - Alec Baldwin returns to brutally mock Donald...
View Articleearly Spring, April 4th 2017
A breathtakingly beautiful work of art, a labor of love, literally. Wait for it. Divers have been mystified by the crop circles that appeared on the ocean floor. Intricate, geometric, circular...
View ArticleApril 6th 2017, my day off
Went to the fabulous Metropolitan Museum yesterday for a few hours around images of sublime beauty. Took a few pics of some of the Buddhist art there. Cool sculpture found on eBay, a vintage dental...
View ArticleApril 22nd 2017, drizzly Saturday afternoon
Canadian artist, Ali Harrison's papercutsPoodle haircut confuses kitteh. Who are you!?When Is the Brain Dead?Interesting. Last year, a bizarre experiment showed that human brains can be restored to a...
View Articlecool veggie, ham and cheese poached omelette
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View ArticleMarvin Gaye in Ostend, Belgium and other things
There are certain songs one remembers the moment one heard. In 1973, lying in the bath in London, I heard Walk On the Wild Side by Lou Reed on my boyfriend's pea green transistor radio. Indelible...
View Articlelate January 2018
created by tedacusOoh, SpaceWeather.comThe SpaceWeather realtime gallery has neat pics.Lepidoptera Obscura by Vladimir StankovicAnimations by Nancy LiangMarvelous sculptures by Massimiliano...
View ArticleTail end of Winter, heading into March, 2018
A feast of Italian songs, for free, online:Canzone Italiana is a platform allowing users to listen online to the invaluable musical heritage of over a century of Italian song, from 1900 to 2000Sublime,...
View ArticleSunday, February 25th 2018
One of the most powerful, life enhancing videos i've ever watchedFault Vs Responsibility by Will Smith FULL SPEECHAh. Spring is almost here.A beautiful voiced robin sings for his breakfast in a pet...
View ArticleApril 19th 2018, feeling amused and philosophical
Mesmerizing and fun.A fabulous culture mashup and intergenerational mashup in one. Japanese high school kids dressing up like their middle aged mothers (in short haired permanent hairstyle wigs and...
View ArticleMay the 4th be with you, 2018
My friend, Flore Blancpain Filipovic, who is a chef, among other accomplishments, opened a restaurant, Bistronomie, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, today. If you're in that part of the world,...
View ArticleMay 10th, 2018 Thursday, Japanese textiles, craftsmanship and patterns
Kiosk store in SOHO, their online archive. From their marvelous little artifacts from Japan, a much treasured present from fellow MeFite, Xurando. WASHI PAPER15.5" x 10.75"Paper & InkJAPANMade by...
View ArticleMay 28, Spring 2018
Ooh, cool to learn about national and regional foods, their names and histories! Nice way to combine a map and foods.The Taste Atlas.Ottoman candies via...
View ArticleThe Nelong Valley in India on the Tibetan border
From 1975 to 1981 I lived in the northwestern Himalayas in India. I was a student of Buddhism there, studying with various Tibetan lamas. During that time I lived on and off in the Manali area for 4...
View Articleart wanderings. October 14th 2018
The wonderful carved sculptures by Hsu Tung Han. His website. Mind-Bending Shadow Photos by Alexey BednijA little time travelApril 1897 - Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem (speed corrected w/ added sound)The...
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