Sometimes I sits and thinks
and sometimes I just sits.
[Photo by Leonard McCombe found here, with the caption „Całe życie budujemy mury, żeby potem znaleźć spokój, siedząc na ich szczycie.”]
Nothing Much Happened Today.
Tag: photography
Jentacular Hot Links
Underworld, Reg Guest Syndicate (1966)
Pianist, arranger and music director Reg Guest (aka Earl Guest) was Born in Birmingham, England. His album Underworld contains covers of crime/spy/drama themes: “
C-17.
Jerk.
OBEY.
rabbit (2007).
ROTFL [via Thompson, blog].
Star Shanty [via Memo Of The Air].
600 HP Snow Natural Gas Pumping engine.
Everyone knows it’s windy [via Everlasting Blört].
[Top image: AC/DC Lane graffiti, monochrome infrared, Leanne Cole 2026.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Girls in Bubbles
French model Simone in the bubble, Bar du Baguette, Saint Germain en Laye, France. Photo by Melvin Sokolsky, from his Bubble Series, 1963.
“The bubble in the series is made of Plastivew and is composed of two hemispheres with a 1/8-inch crack to allow for breathing room. Then the bubble was hung from a very thin, but strong cable. (It could have also held up a Cadillac.) This was probably one of the easiest shoots I’ve ever done in my life because there were no hair or makeup interruptions. No one could touch her in the bubble, so it was just her and I creating the images.” – Melvin Sokolsky
Rubiginous Hot Links
Blues de Bernadette, Lost Bayou Ramblers (2012)Formed in 1999 in Pilette, Louisiana, LBR plays an eclectic mix of Cajun / creole / country swamp rock with an ear for traditional music preservation.
Rock.
Electric Pac-Man [h/t Jaime G.].
Papaoutai [via Memo Of The Air].
Iceman Fred [via Thompson, blog].
1st Female Pilot [via Everlasting Blört].
Army Surplus mobile machine shop for sale [via Bustednuckles].
[Top image: The meme dates to at least 2015. Photo of Slavic(?) family dates to early 1900s, first appeared online around 2007.
h/t Sol R. L. via FB.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
*Urrrp*
[Unknown cargo plane found here.]
Bastard Chairs
“The hybrid, vernacular seats seen in Hong Kong’s backstreets and in mainland China are known as ‘Bastard Chairs’. These improvised seats have been assembled and repaired by local residents using whatever materials were available. There are plastic backs grafted onto wooden stools, and metal legs bolted into mismatched frames.
German photojournalist Michael Wolf (1954-2019) spotted them.”
[These (and more) found here.]
Panomphaean Hot Links
Short, Fat and Ugly, Lucy Malheur (2021) Lucy Malheur is a German singer/songwriter/producer who, with very few exceptions, only publishes her own songs.
Mystery Pickle Jar; story here.
Moonstone [via Memo Of The Air].
Water & sewer bills: $20K [Scroll up].
Quitting flipbook [via Everlasting Blört].
Making famous faces [via Miss Cellania].
Little Miss Foamface [via Thompson, blog].
The trouble with radiators and heater cores.
How to uglify a house and become famous anyway.
IMO the Bourbon Street live webcams get better after midnight.
[Top image: Nordic sphere retreat found here, via This Isn’t Happiness.]
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Posneg Cat
[Found here.]
Tautochronous Hot Links
Moonlight Shuffle, Les Elgart & His Orchestra (1959)
After successful runs with several big bands of the 1940s, Les Elgart and his brother Larry formed their own orchestra with a distinctive brass-heavy sound. Their most recognizable recording, Bandstand Boogie, became the theme song to Dick Clark’s American Bandstand television show.
Ice.
The polar bears are doing just fine.
Bruce Lee vs. a Navy Seal instructor.
Ideal Astrobase [via Everlasting Blört].
The art of the hole [via Memo Of The Air].
New Hampshire and Maine prepare for war.
Calve’s Head dressed Turtle Fashion & other recipes
[via Thompson, blog].
Postcards of the Russo-Japan War [via Nag on the Lake].
[Top image: flipped Waffle found here.]
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Gen-an House
Gen-an (Fantasy Villa) house, Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, designed by Japanese architect Osamu Ishiyama in 1975.
Ishiyama used unconventional and industrial materials for its construction, such as giant corrugated steel tubing typically used for civil engineering projects. The house was inspired by a monk’s minimal dwelling cell.
[Images found here, here and here; description from Google AI Overview.]
Tacky Raccoons 