It's Art Week ! Day 1

Yes, in response to slightly less than one request, I'm having an artistic week.

Day One - and it's a sculpture by F Coudray 1678-1727, to be found in the Louvre.

And I'm certain you recognise Saint Sebastien, from 1712.

Bonus - Big Cats and Laser Pointers

From Canada to Kenya

No info on this slide, but it's white easy to figure our where Miss Extravagant has come from, and where the picture was taken.  The Mara Serena Lodge is still in business...

Bonus - The Most Famous Statement T-Shirts

Bonus 2 - Hitchhiking Robot, Safe in Several Countries, Meets Its End in Philadelphia

Pleasantly Surprised

Madge seems pleasantly surprised.

I guess that those new batteries in her Rampant Rabbit really have made the difference.

Bonus : Two Hours Nineteen Minutes Forty Four Seconds

Dance Recital

Hey little girl....ready for your dance recital.


Bonus - Civilisation is f**ked

An outburst of colour

I'm sure it's all dreadfully non-PC to say it, but I imagine that this young lady brought a ray of sunshine into a drab environment. Well done Miss.

From a box of slides marked "Brits of the 60's".

Bonus -1 : Usain Bolt reveals he devoured 1,000 Chicken McNuggets during the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Bonus - United States of Whatever

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Waiting to Body-Pop.

Who can resist a bit of Hippity-Hop dancing n' stuff?   No-one that's who.

So, let's wait for Grandmaster Blumpkin and Sonic Force Duo to start their routine.

Bonus - Soviet film posters of the 50s and 60s – in pictures

Bonus 2 -

What A Lily

or maybe Water-Lily.

In my be-drugged state, it's getting difficult to tell.

Bonus - Ever had "One Of Those Days..."?

St George's Day

Patron Saint of England, America, Banana Salesmen, Sausage-Makers and Parsnip-Slicers.

Bonus - What The Heck?

Hiding from the sun

Some people just do not like being in the sun.  Goths / Vampiries   and the McFadyan Familiy.

Bonus - Out for a drive after a thunderstorm

Bonus 2 - Killer whales seen in river Clyde

Spring Has Arrived

First warm, sunny, Saturday of the year, and the neighborhood is filled with the sound of lawnmowers, hedge-trimmers, strimmers and barking dogs.

Soon to be joined by the smell of greasy bar-b-q.  Great way to spoil the mood. :-(

Bonus -

Meanwhile, in Toronto

As usual, no info on this slide, but I guess most educated people would realise that this is of a part of Canada.

More usefully, that' a distinctive structure on the horizon.

The CN Tower is a 553.3 m-high (1,815.3 ft) concrete communications and observation tower in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Built on the former Railway Lands, it was completed in 1976, and held the record for the world's tallest free-standing structure for 32 years from 1975–2007 and was the world's tallest tower until 2009.

Bonus : Moe Flanders and Ned Szyslak

Acropolis of Athens

I suspect that this is the Acropolis of Athens.


They say of the Acropolis, where the Parthenon is..


Bonus - The odd symptoms of Irukandji syndrome

Their New Home

No info for this slide, but I'm thinking that after decades of slums and inadequate rented accommodation, these two have finally been given a modern, clean, roomy council house.

Just a theory.

Bonus - An Edinburgh Pub has a ceiling light full of rubber ducks.

Bonus 2 - The frozen surface of Lake Baikal.

Sometimes a quick instinctive photo just works....

Sometimes it doesn't.

This one is a bust. :-(

Bonus - Harlow's Studies on Dependency in Monkeys.
( Psychology and monkeys. )

Bonus 2 -

Tamas Goes For A Spin

Monday evening, and time for the family to go for a tour of the neighbourhood.

And Tamas, is up front, deciding on where and when.

Bonus - The Killers Brought a Fan on Stage and He Killed It In Front of 65,000 People (First guy....not so much.)

An Earnest Conversation.

Probably some sisterly character-assassination.

Bonus - Today's Interesting word - Gashadokuro

Bonus 2 -

Waiting for the Tour de France

Madge Cartwright, an ex-pat originally from the rough side of Canterbury, sit at the side of the road, bttle of wine at hand, ready to cheer on the Tour de France competitors.

Alas, that's months away....and the tour doesn't pass near here. Just an excuse, you old lush.

Bonus - The Murder That Shook Iceland

Bonus 2 - Brutal footage of cat being slowly digested by an alligator

Death of Jacob - Forestier 1813

Yeah, working late  - limited time for blogging.

The Death of Jacob. 1813.
Henri Joseph de Forestier. French 1787-1872. oil/canvas.
Winner - 1813 Prix de Rome.

Bonus - Best Nut Ever

Colonial Architecture

As usual, no information on this slide, but to me, it screams out "New England" and "Colonial Architecture".

But I'm no expert.

Bonus - Training

The march of Artistic Technology

It's rather enlightening at what was cutting edge computer art just 35 years ago. This slide is marked...

 ACM Siggraph 1983 Computer art show

Remember, this the same era as this pioneering LP Cover.  The  artist of the above is Copper Giloth, and  a bit of Googling turns up this and the other artworks at the Siggraph Show.

Bonus - Epidemic of "zombie-like" raccoons in Ohio attributed to distemper

"The Bird"

Not many people know that Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" was actually a sequel to Norman Fassbinder's "The Bird"

While Norman's film was a flop, Hitchcock recognised that there was a kernel of a good story in there.

So, Hitchcock changed the location, the plot, the genre, the lead character, the language, the scrip and the art direction....and the result was ... legendary.

Here, we have a still from "The Bird".

Bonus - Scotland have a chance (in May 2018) to be the next Unofficial Football World Champions.

Bonus 2 -

Jingtai County, Baiyin City, Gansu Province, China.  This is a section of mountain road leading to the Yellow Stone Forest

Meet Keith

He's the one in the Tux and Bow Tie.

The swan is not called Keith.

Bonus - Thank you. I am feeling better today.

Bonus 2 - When filming Scarlett Johansson at a publicity event, it's is important to maintain your professionalism. (NSFW)

Bonus 3 - Neighborly Dispute

Today. I feel like crap

So, have a crappy slide.

How We Used To Fly

In the days before EasyJet or RyanAir, flying wa more exclusive, and much more refined.

As you see here, it was normal to dress up in your Sunday Best for the flight.

Nice

Bonus - ‘God help us if it gets hot’: Train hauling 10M pounds of human feces stranded in Alabama town

Bonus 2 -

The Curse of Fecal Urgency

It strikes without warning, and affects people from all walks of life, and often at the most inopportune time.

As Howard has just realised.

Bonus - Dick Bong (yes, it's safe.)

Bonus 2 - Jesus, would you look at the time.

One For The Ladies

People sometimes say to me :

"SlideGuy - We are interested to see what you look like.  Show us!"

I usually reply :

"What are you doing in my shower?   Put on your clothe and get out. I'm calling the cops."

However, today, I thought I'd post a picture of myself, before the corrective surgery. I think it' obvious why I opted for the procedure...

Bonus - Imperfect Pets. The pets who forget their disabilities – in pictures.

Bonus 2 - Top set, Mr DJ

Two Female Flashers

Maybe it's just the age that I'm at, or maybe years of caffeine warping my brain, but on seeing this slide, my first thought was...

I bet they're both naked under those coats, and are on their way to streak through the Church Of England General Synod meeting,

Is it just me?

Bonus - Human foot encased by a boot???? (Click for Bigger)

Not quite, but I can see that 

Name That Bridge

Yes, in the latest attempt to make Tedious Tuesday slightly less tedious, we have a competition !

Name That Bridge!

If you can successfully identify a bridge shown n iin the slide above...you could win. A life-time supply of Nitrogen !

Bonus - Lionel Messi's efficiency: he runs fewer meters than any other forward in the Champions League. Click for bigger

Source

Party Time with the Molson Sisters

To heck with Easter.

Some folks just want to party, whether it's the festival of Jesus's Conception, of whether it isn't.

Here, the Molson Siter (Daphne and Velma - Yes,  know...) enjoy the attentions of a Cuban Emigre. (Actually that's Coli Welsh, a Insurance Salesman from Boston.)

Bonus - Behind the Iron Curtain, artists created strikingly trippy ads for the Star Wars saga

Bonus 2 - The Forest Gods Are Displeased

Happy Easter

Nice to see that there are still some shops open today.

Bonus - WTF Easter!!