This week’s self-portrait: 52 Weeks 25/52 (2008 week 33).
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My Olympic Meme
My Olympic Meme, originally uploaded by kcm76.
As I don’t believe in the Olympics — not as they are currently run and administered anyway; the ideal is fine — here is a rather jaundiced view …
1. olympic-games-1948, 2. Field Hockey-Washington, DC: PhotoID-97421, 3. poussée bobsleigh, 4. kelly holmes, 5. Ancient Greece, 6. way to heaven 天堂口。, 7. Day 196: That’s Logic, 8. Sunrise – River Dart, Totnes, 9. Dorthea, 10. commonsense, 11. Heirloom Tomatoes, 12. road to nowhere
The concept:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste the html into your blog or Flickr stream (the easiest way is to copy the URLs and then head over to the fd’s flickr toys link above and use the mosaic maker).
The Questions & Answers:
1. What is the closest the Olympics has ever been to your hometown? London, 1948
2. What is your favorite summer Olympic sport? What Americans call “Field Hockey”
3. What is your favorite winter Olympic sport? Bobsleigh
4. Who is your all-time favorite Olympian? Kelly Holmes
5. If you could go to the Olympics, where would you want the games to be held? Ancient Greece; and all the contestants would compete in the nude just as in Ancient Greece
6. What is the symbol or predominant color on your country’s flag? A cross
7. If you were a member of the Olympic Committee, what sport/activity would you add to the games? Logic
8. What sport is your least favorite to watch? Darts
9. You get two tickets to the Olympics, who would you ask to go with you? Whoever buys them both
10. Hey, you made the team! You’re going to the Olympics – what’s your event? Commonsense
11. The Olympics asks you to bring something to represent your hometown or home country – what would you take? A tomato; well my home did used to be one of the largest areas under glass in the country, growing glasshouse crops etc.
12. Congratulations! You won a medal! Where are you going to display it when you get home? Nowhere
Created with fd’s Flickr Toys.
Diptych for 08/08/08
This week’s self-portrait: 52 Weeks 24/52 (2008 week 32).
Looking upwards from our lawn thru’ my ultra-wide lens: at left this lunchtime on a grey day and at right late this evening after nightfall when the sky was slightly clearer. Notice the horrid orange background of London street lamps in the night shot. Thought this might make an interesting comparison for a Flickr888 contribution as well as for my 52 Weeks self-portrait (bottom left).
Finish this Sentence Meme
I stole this meme from Girl with a One-Track Mind and Troubled Diva because I liked it’s zen mischief potential. My objective is just to complete each of the following sentences. Your objective is to work out which are serious and which aren’t.
- My uncle once: sailed the ocean blue
- Never in my life: have I taken illegal drugs
- When I was five: I looked like Prince Charles
- High school was: much better than I realised at the time
- I will never forget: and that isn’t the only resemblance I have to an elephant
- Once I met: a man in a kilt
- There’s this girl I know: who is unattainable
- Once, at a bar: I met a Colonel with a dog
- By noon, I’m usually: in need of lunch
- Last night: I didn’t have sex on the beach
- If only I had: the power and the glory, for ever and ever, Amen
- Next time I go to church: I’ll be taking photographs
- What worries me most: is politicians
- When I turn my head left I see: something sinister
- When I turn my head right I see: a right tit
- You know I’m lying when: I keep quiet
- What I miss most about the Eighties is: not very much
- If I were a character in Shakespeare I’d be: a lion whelping in the street (Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene ii)
- By this time next year: I might be retired
- A better name for me would be: Zanzibar
- I have a hard time understanding: why people need religion
- If I ever go back to school, I’ll: be in a time machine (’cos neither of my schools exists any more)
- You know I like you if: I kiss you
- If I ever won an award, the first person I would thank would be: grateful
- Take my advice, never: admit that you know
- My ideal breakfast is: a full English
- A song I love but do not have is: a John Mayall mouth-music track from the ’60s that I can’t now identify or find
- If you visit my hometown, I suggest you: search out its history
- Why won’t people: think
- If you spend a night at my house: you’ll be solicited by a pussy (or two)
- I’d stop my wedding for: a KitKat
- The world could do without: religion and politicians
- I’d rather lick the belly of a cockroach than: do a bungee jump
- My favourite blonde is: Michaela Strachan
- Paper clips are more useful than: a grapefruit and Marmite sandwich
- If I do anything well it’s: only to lull you into a false sense of security
- I can’t help but: be a perfectionist
- I usually cry: inwardly
- My advice to my child/nephew/niece: if it harm none, do as you will
- And by the way: there’s always toast at the end of the dragon
I’m not tagging anyone for this, but feel free to borrow (or steal) it if you like it. If you do use it, it would be nice if you left a comment here.
Zen Mischievous Moments #142
Connioseurs of 1970s UK police soap operas will remember the refrain “Let’s be ’avin’ you” when an arrest was about to be made. Our attention has been drawn to an example not of nominative determinism, but of locational determinism – the existence of a police facility on Letsby Avenue in the Yorkshire town of Sheffield (it’s right next to Sheffiled City Ariport). Sadly there is as yet no news of an “Onyer Way” or “Evenin Hall” in the vicinity.
[HT Feedback @ New Scientist]
Getting to Know You Meme
Getting to Know You Meme, originally uploaded by kcm76.
1. A perfect weekend watching Tom & Jerry on tv and laughing…, 2. Amur Leopard, 3. A TRIBUTE TO A DEAR FRIEND. (KILKENNY, IRELAND), 4. Untitled, 5. ₪ Rhizomatic in-between typewriter ₪, 6. “Timemachines”, 7. 14th August 2007 / Day 226, 8. The cake i Made for my mother’s birthday, 9. Embracing the sun … {}, 10. day 151 Caught with crabs in my merkin! , 11. Walking in the rain 1_2499, 12. Smiles of Tibet in Exile
The concept:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste the html into your blog or Flickr stream (the easiest way is to copy the URLs and then head over to the fd’s flickr toys link above and use the mosaic maker).
The Questions & Answers:
1. What makes you laugh? Cats
2. What makes you cry? Animal suffering
3. Who is the one person you trust the most in the world? My Mother
4. Who broke your heart? Jill (no, not you Mistress Weekes; long before that!)
5. Where was your first kiss? I really don’t remember
6. What body part do you love most (your body)? My mind
7. What body part do you love least (your body)? My fat
8. What candy fits your personality? Coffee creme chocolate
9. What color would you paint your room if you could pick any color? Magnolia
10. A word that makes you laugh? Merkin
11. What emotion do you express most often? Depression
12. Who inspires you? The Dalai Lama
Created with fd’s Flickr Toys. for the Flickr My Meme group.
Today's Word: Glaive
The first in an occasional series bringing you unusual and interesting words.
Glaive. A polearm consisting of a single-edged blade on the end of a pole.
One of those fearsome pieces of medieval weaponry along with things like pikes and halberds. The word is sometimes (wrongly) used to refer to a broadsword. Glaives also appear in a number of video games and animated adventure films.
There’s a bit more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaive.
Illustration from Wikipedia Commons.
Playing with Mosaics
Playing with Mosaics, originally uploaded by kcm76.
1. autumn leaves, 2. week 31/52. 28 days; 4 weeks; 1 month., 3. The Mood O Meter, Independent Subarus, Victor Idaho, AKA Gallagher’s, AKA Sue’s Roos, 4. green veined white
5. red cabbage, 6. Tomb plate, Standish, 7. summerishere, 8. Looking landwards across Slapton Ley
9. Bloom, 10. Red Arrows Lowestoft 08, 11. The Drunken Ducks, 12. Untitled
Created with fd’s Flickr Toys.
I was just playing with the Mosaic Maker tool at Big Huge Labs and created this from the most recent 12 of my Flickr favourites. Thought it was worth keeping. It’s a super sample of some of the brilliant photography on Flickr: follow the links to each one; they’re well worth it.
Friday Five: Wishes
OK so here, a bit late, is this week’s Friday Five …
1. Name one movie you wish everybody could watch.
- None of them. I dislike movies and wouldn’t cry if they sunk without trace. Doesn’t mean other people shouldn’t watch them, just don’t expect me to or to share your enthusiasm.
2. Name two books you wish everybody could read.
- Anthony Powell, A Dance to the Music of Time. Well it’s one novel in 12 volumes, so I’ll count it as one. Read it if only as a social history of England from 1914 to 1970. Oh come on, you expected me to say that, didn’t you?
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland (by which I mean the two works Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass). Read them and think about the logical conundrums presented; now apply them and change the way you look at the world!
3. Name three goals you wish everybody could achieve.
- True inner peace and happiness.
- Reconciliation and friendship with their parents.
- To always treat others as you would like to be treated yourself (it’s part of what the Dalai Lama calls “compassion”).
4. Name four people you wish everybody could know.
I am going to assume the people don’t have to be alive now, but could come from any era. So I’ll nominate:
- Richard Feynman; for his logic, his insights, his humour and his determination to overcome obstacles.
- Galileo Galilei; a profound scientist who wasn’t afraid of standing up and being counted.
- Leonardo da Vinci; another way out mind as well as a superb artist.
- The present Dalai Lama; for his profound thinking, his happiness and his compassion.
That was hard! Four people I wish I knew would be easy, but to translate that into something for everyone is much, much harder.
5. Name five places you wish everybody could visit.
- Rural England
- Japan
- A nudist community; to see just how it isn’t like everyone seems to think it is and to experience the freedom of life without clothes.
- A small town in medieval England (or Europe at least) to see just what life really was like 600+ years ago and how far we have come.
- Their special place. I believe we all have at least one place which is special and energises us (just as we have people who do this for us). It may be a town somewhere, or a country, or just a building (I know Stonehenge does it for some people, though not for me). Finding it is a whole different matter though.
[Brought to you courtesy of Friday Five.]
Zen Mischievous Moments #141
The “Feedback” column this week’s New Scientist contains this item …
Thanks to Terence Dunmore for alerting us to a report in the 11 June issue of Professional Engineering about the UK’s new Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations (WEEE regulations). It warns readers: “If you are a producer of WEEE, you must make sure it is disposed of in an environmentally sound manner, including the treatment, reuse, recovery and recycling of components where appropriate.”
Dunmore is puzzled. “Isn’t the local sewage department already doing just that?” he asks.