What’s Coming this Week
A few things: Victoria Day on May 23, Towel Day on May 25, and (hallelujah!) the final week of what is, nominally, the Johnny-Depp-versus-Amber-Heard defamation trial but what is, actually, an egregious mash-up of the worst aspects of celebrity culture and cable-TV obnoxiousness.
Video Memory of the Week
Posted: 2022 May 21
Photo Memory of the Week
Music of the Week
Version with lyrics chosen to compensate for the general mush-mouth-ed-ness of the singer. Or maybe my ears are just getting old . . .
Posted: 2022 May 20
Words of the Week
"A watched pot has never delivered such excitement." - Joe Ray
Source: Wired, 2022 May 13Posted: 2022 May 20
Tweet of the Week
What an interesting coincidence that the people who believe Western civilization is uniquely terrible turned out to be uniquely terrible at running Western civilization
— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) May 20, 2022
My Tweets
Tag Archives: Buildings
Street Scenes, Edinburgh
Planning and streets: They can both have more than one level. Continue reading
To Bee
To bee or not to bee: That is the photograph. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Buildings, Insects
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Castles, Ireland
This may not show exactly what they looked like. It might show what they felt like. Continue reading
Reputedness
On our first, last, and only day in Dublin, we had a guided tour of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Now, St. Patrick looms large in Irish history and mythology, and it can be tough to distinguish the one from the other, … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Built Stuff
Tagged Buildings, History
6 Comments
Not Your Everyday Golden Arches
Exploring the mystery of arches. Continue reading
Wood, Iceland
Textures of Icelandic wood. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Flora
Tagged Buildings, Trees
8 Comments
Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik
Another serendipitous discovery while travelling. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Faces
Tagged Buildings
4 Comments
Our Northern Neighbour
A new look at an old neighbour/neighbor. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives, Photos of Landscapes, Through Space
Tagged Buildings, Geography, Travel
3 Comments
Signs, Surfside Beach SC
The neon lights of Surfside Beach. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Built Stuff
Tagged Buildings, Technology
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