This week’s self-portrait: 52 Weeks 31/52 (2008 week 39).
This is the collection of metal I wear permenantly; this scan was the first time they have all been removed in years — even the last couple of times I’ve had operations I’ve kept my wedding ring (middle right) on (but taped over).
1. Project Manager Pig, 2. (another kind of) self-portrait, post (flesh/blue) self, 3. Music to My Ears, 4. EthnicRR India, 5. 365.153 – looking glass, 6. My Swearing Fridge, 7. one cherry, 8. WHY I LOVE MOM, 9. Persian Carpets, 10. I’m not just a music freak. I can read too!, 11. Tomatoes, 12. Rosa Tuscany – Old Velvet Rose
This turned out, quite unexpectedly, as an interesting colour progression!
Questions & Answers:
1. What is your occupation right now? IT Project Manager
2. What color are your socks right now? Flesh, ‘cos I ain’t wearing any
3. What are you listening to right now? My ears
4. Who is the last person you talked to on the phone? Robin in India
5. What is the last movie you watched? I don’t do films, so I don’t have a clue
6. How do you vent anger? By swearing
7. Cherries or Blueberries? Cherries, every time
8. When was the last time you cried? When the Floss cat died
9. What is on the floor of your closet? Carpet
10. What did you do last night? Read
11. What are you most afraid of? Not having money and health
12. What is your favorite flower? Old roses
Created with fd’s Flickr Toys.
1. on earth all things are connected, 2. “Nothing Is True. Everything Is Possible.”, 3. religion, 4. Pick a god, any god, 5. Daily Paint 5/21: Yeti!, 6. Puff is Still The Magic Dragon, 7. DSCN3611, 8. Summer Time, 9. Dust to Dust, 10. ‘SIGNS OF RELGION AND BELIEFS FROM ABOUT 6500 B.C.’ – ‘FROM NOW WHAT IS MODERN TURKEY’ – ‘AT THE TOWN ‘CATAL HUYUK” – Best viewed large !, 11. Miles Levin’s memorial service, 12. Nut
As I thought up this subject I thought I’d better do it. 🙂
The Questions & Answers:
1. Something or somebody you believe in All things are connected
2. Descreibe your god in three words Everything and nothing
3. Something evil you believe exists Religion
4. Something you are totally unable to believe in God, any god
5. A conspiracy theory you believe is possible The yeti
6. A mythical animal you believe in? Dragons
7. What religion do you profess? Non-deism
8. Your favourite “holy” place Haven’t got one
9. What do you believe happens when we die? Dust to dust, ashes to ashes
10. Something everyday and ordinary that you find incredible Belief
11. What was the last religious event that you attended? Memorial service
12. Your favourite ancient god (Greek, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Egyptian, etc.) Nut, Egyptian goddess of the sky
Oh and there isn’t a single animate object in the images!
Created with fd’s Flickr Toys.
Earlier in the week around 500 Liverymen and Freemen of the City of London, many dressed in their royal blue robes and straw boaters, exercised their 11th century right to herd their sheep across London Bridge into the City without paying the bridge toll.
The procession was lead by Lord Mayor of the City of London, and part-time sheep farmer, David Lewis. He was accompanied by his official bodyguards, the Company of Pikemen and Musketeers, in their uniform which dates from the time of King Charles I.
While I was aware of this ancient right, I was not aware that it was ever exercised, and I’m delighted it is! It is these strange and ancient rights which add so much of the colour and eccentricity to English (British) life and sadly too many are being abandoned.
Further reports at, inter alia, Times Online and Daily Telegraph.
And further photos from cliffpatte at Flickr.
Hat tip Jilly at jillysheep.
Today’s Quotation of the Day:
It seems that the Republican Party in the United States has made an audacious bid to retain power by running Mr Burns and Marge Simpson as candidates for president and vice-president.
[John Doyle, TV critic, in his 2 September 2008 column]
Well it cracked me up, anyway.
This week’s self-portrait: 52 Weeks 30/52 (2008 week 38).
Taken in Rochester Cathedral Tea Rooms.
Misty over at Momentary lapses of insanity has come up with some absolute gems of proofreading errors, all of which are perfectly OK according to Microdaft’s spellchecker. Her list includes these classics:
Mrs X lived in a charming country cottage, almost completely covered in hysteria.
Paul was overjoyed at the opportunity to be reunited with his long lost brothel.
Her train of thought was cuddled to say the least.
A large croup had gathered by the monument.
They managed to get themselves the lead prat in the play.
Alice somehow managed to get her knickers in a twit.
The farmer won the prize with his fine new bollocks.
Poof reader required, contact …
Yesterday we were briefly in Rochester and stopped to have afternoon tea (well, tea and cake, not the full works with cucumber sandwiches, scones and jam, vicars, etc.) in the cathedral tea shop. I ordered a coffee for Noreen and a large pot of tea for me only to be told:
I can’t do you a large pot of tea, but I can do you a pot of tea for two.
Duh?!
Another wonderful quote from a correspondent just now on the BBC News Channel, vis-á-vis some political tribulation or other:
[The Labour Party] conference will be an extremely febrile week.
I heard this on today’s BBC Lunchtime News from Rt Hon. Keith Vaz MP:
There is an economic tsunami coming over the Atlantic.
An interestingly picturesque, if apposite, way of expressing the current economic difficulties.
