Waiting 10 by ~rosetimourWaiting for corn-based ethanol crops to consume the lovely field of poppies perhaps?
I dream of you by *DavidCharles Although I've been trying to keep somewhat NSFW images on my other blogs I thought this photo was so beautiful it couldn't possibly be construed as anything but art.
More clearly NSFW poppies can be found at Zillow Book.
22 comments:
I heart poppies the murst.
Murses. Foiled again.
Nice finds.
There's something so peaceful and relaxing about poppies and they're rather nice to think about at this time of year when the sky is gray.
Big Oriental poppies are the best though. As I believe I've mentioned before on this blog, I realized I was not going to make it as a Zendo student when I had to compost my little field of huge, gorgeous poppies at the monastery.
While waiting to watch Rebel Without a Cause for the umpteenth time, I'm watching Gandhi, the first movie that made me cry as a kid.
For some reason the Walt Disney stuff had more of an affect on my mom than me.
http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=5549&catid=4
@Edgar,
Wow, you read the Bay Guardian in Oklahoma?
BTW Sherman McCoy endorses Obama in his typically politically incorrect manner.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
@ MacBeth:
It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Been watching the State of the Union again?
Ignatius is something of a modern Don Quixote — eccentric, idealistic, and creative, sometimes to the point of delusion. He disdains modernity, particularly pop culture. The disdain becomes his obsession: he goes to movies in order to mock their perversity and express his outrage with the contemporary world's lack of "theology and geometry." He prefers the scholastic philosophy of the Middle Ages, especially that of Boethius. However he also enjoys many modern comforts and conveniences, and is given to claiming that the rednecks of rural Louisiana hate all modern technology which they associate with progress.
Ignatius is of the mindset that he does not belong in the world and that his numerous failings are the work of some higher power. He continually refers to the goddess Fortuna as having spun him downwards on her wheel of luck. Ignatius loves to eat, and his masturbatory fantasies lead in strange directions. His mockery of obscene images is portrayed as a defensive posture to hide their titillating effect on him. He has an aversion to ever leaving the town of his birth, and frequently bores friends and strangers with the story of his sole, abortive journey from New Orleans, a trip to Baton Rouge on a Greyhound Scenicruiser bus, which Ignatius recounts as a traumatic ordeal of extreme horror.
H/T energy bulletin on the link. Here's a doozy:
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) - The house was ravaged - its floors ripped, walls busted and lights smashed by owners who trashed their home before a bank foreclosed on it. Hidden in the wreckage was an abandoned member of the family: a starving pit bull.
The dog found by workers was too far gone to save - another example of how pets are becoming the newest victims of the nation's mortgage crisis as homeowners leave animals behind when they can no longer afford their property...
1) They never were "homeowners".
2) They aren't victims, they scammed tons of money.
3) It never was "their" house, or they would have taken better care of it.
4) They never could "afford" the house in the first place.
Bad money drives out good money, that is why this crisis will last a long time. Respectable folks won't buy until stability returns.
BTW, before anyone flames me, "respectable" was firmly tongue in cheek.
Buzz saw:
I watched "Running Man" for the first time yesterday.
I watched "Running Man" for the first time yesterday.
Fun movie.
@Buzz Saw,
That's terrible. Here are some other sad stories about foreclosed pets.
weaseldog suspects that his dogs were kidnapped by dog fighters. I hope they come home.
@Edgar,
Oh no, that's terrible. What kind of dogs are they? I've heard that dog fighters tend to kidnap little dogs to use as bait.
He had three different dogs that he loves dearly. He has a picture of them on his blog.
@Buzz Saw AKA Edgar,
Yes, I tracked his blogged down via Petropest Launchpad and can't imagine how sad he must feel. How could anyone use a dog like Ella for bait? She's so cute. What is wrong with people? Also, do you know where Irving is? If there's a known pit bull ring why isn't anyone doing something about it?
Irving, TX.
If the police have a lead on dog fighting they will follow up, otherwise they have plenty of violent crimes to investigate as it is. There is a meanness factor in places around here. We don't like to admit it, but it is out there. Most people only hear about the mean city streets in places like New York or L.A., but same thing goes for Oklahoma City and Dallas if a person strays into the wrong neighborhood at the wrong time. Unfortunately animals aren't any safer than people when they are out on the street.
When people start treating animals so poorly I think it's a really bad sign of a large-scale sense of hostility and hopelessness.
Humans are really sick when they feel the need to abuse a helpless dog or child and they scare the shit out of me when they do so.
Agreed.
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