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Category Archives: Visual Arts
Where I’d like to go to get some peace and quiet: Monastery of Rousanou, Greece
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Posted in Visual Arts
Tagged Greece, Monasteries
Where I want to live, vol. 43: Architect Seymour Harris’ roundhouse on the Beaulieu River in Hampshire
Architect Seymour Harris’ roundhouse which comes complete with its own lake, 10-acre garden and private 18-metre pontoon on the Beaulieu River in Hampshire, England.
Posted in Visual Arts
Tagged Architecture, Hampshire, Seymour Harris, Unusual Houses
Pic of the day: DaHu Park, Taipei, Taiwan
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Posted in Visual Arts
Tagged DaHu Park, Taipei, Taiwan
Pic of the day: There is no escape from God, no matter how hard you run!
From here.
Posted in Humour, Visual Arts
Pic of the day: The most unnecessary sign ever?
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Posted in Humour, Visual Arts
Tagged Wildlife, Zoology, Lions, England, Zoos, Flowers, Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire
Pic of the day: Glenridding, Lake District, England
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Posted in Visual Arts
Tagged England, Glenridding, Great Britain, Lake District, United Kingdom
Pic of the day: Early morning sun bathes orange light over Grinnell Peak, Montana
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Posted in Visual Arts
Tagged Grinnell Peak, Montana, Photography, Scenic Beauty
Separated at birth: Pope Gregory IX and Sylvester Stallone
Here’s the proof: Pope Gregory IX painted by Raphael, and Sylvester Stallone in his ‘Rocky’ role. I rest my case. Hat-tip to Creative Minority Report for spotting this eerie similarity! Another great separated-at-birth: Separated at birth: Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humour, Visual Arts
Tagged 'Rocky Balboa', Pope Gregory IX, Raphael, Religion, Separated at Birth, Sylvester Stallone
How I feel today
Posted in Sport, Visual Arts
Tagged Disappointments, English Premier League, Football, Manchester United, Soccer
Pic of the day: Pub comes up with a novel approach to tempt male customers in
Posted in Humour, Visual Arts
Pic of the day: The world’s most terrifying bathroom
The bathroom of this stunning new penthouse in Guadalajara, Mexico, is situated on top of an unused 15-story elevator shaft. More on the world’s most terrifying bathroom here.
Posted in Visual Arts
Tagged Architecture, Bathrooms, Mexico, Toilets
Pic of the day: Sign of the (fundamentalist) times
From: Stuff Fundies Like
Posted in Fundamentalism, Humour, Visual Arts
Tagged Fundamentalists, Fundies, Religion, Southern Baptists
Something to watch out for: Hellbound the movie, coming this autumn to theatres near you
That’s Hellbound, not Hellboy! You can visit the Hellbound website by clicking on this image:
Posted in Theology, Visual Arts
Tagged Hell, Hellbound the Movie
Pic of the day: Chinese sewer transformed into a sea of colour after dumping of millions of pill capsules
Environmental officials in China have been left baffled by the mysterious dumping of millions of pill capsules which has left a sewer awash with colour. The bizarre sight along Zhengshang Road in Zhengzhou, China, has seen a 900 ft. ditch transformed into … Continue reading
Posted in Sciences, Visual Arts
Tagged China, Environment, Water
Pic of the day: The limitations of Google, and the real reason for Presbyterian church services!
Posted in Humour, Presbyterian, Reformed, Visual Arts
Tagged Google, Religion
The atheist legacy of hate: Chinese communist soldier smashes religious objects, including a crucifix, 1967
Posted in Atheism, Secularism, Visual Arts
Tagged Angry Atheists, China, Chinese, Communists, Militant Secularists, Richard Dawkins
Atheist Ricky Gervais’ “vile, cynical, dishonest” new TV show “seeks to mock and injure the most vulnerable”
The most cynical TV show I’ve ever seen: The father of an autistic teenager attacks Ricky Gervais’ new comedy Disablism. Handicaphobia. Smuggery. The English language has no good word for the prejudice that is comedian Ricky Gervais’s stock-in-trade. It goes … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Popular Culture, Society, Visual Arts
Tagged Angry Atheists, Mental Disabilities, Ricky Gervais
Resurrection Day!
An eleventh century Byzantine panel showing the Anastasi (Resurrection): the risen Christ raises Adam and Eve
Posted in Theology, Visual Arts
Tagged Easter, Resurrection
Pic of the day: Claudio Gazzaroli photographs the Verzasca River in Switzerland from 50 feet underwater
Posted in Visual Arts
Tagged Photography, Switzerland
