Please forgive if the title of this post appears misleading, what began as a hunt for an apt Christmas picture became an illumination distraction due to the work of photographers such as below. Taken by Flickr user Gen Kanai of the Tokyo Millenario:
It has lights, I'm showing it at Christmas time, therefore this post must work.
Incidentally, from the same source, for anime fans who are Akira au fait you can look at this reproduction of Kaneda's motorcycle.
This is Greyscale Wednesday; A photographic wander through the quotidian masses provides delectable subject material at the Stranger A Day gallery.
What fascinating little lives we all lead. Have a good day.
"A black teenager wearing a white shirt, ragged pants and no shoes stares blindly at the sky. His head is tilted up towards the tree limb from which he has been hanged. His name was Lige Daniels and he was lynched in Center, Texas on August 3, 1920. On the basis of allegations that he had killed an elderly white woman, about a thousand men battered down a jail door and hauled the youth off to an oak tree."
"Lige Daniels hangs about six feet in the air. Beneath him are a mass of white men, many looking at the camera and smiling. The camera catches one boy, possibly twelve or thirteen years old, looking up at the lynched sixteen year-old. His smile and glee at the scene are clear."
Previously I posted regarding Without Sanctuary, the moving exhibit of mob (in)justice. Bad Subjects presents an in-dept analysis of the book written on this topic.
You can also read more via the publisher of this text: Twin Palms.
A creative offering for the weekly Landscape Monday is captured by My Eyes Are Open, elegantly named Morning Light, Somewhere Over France:
For afters, I insist you soak up the fantastically vivid Le Camembert Magique Photolog:
It's the final furlong before Christmas, and with that my departure for the United States, best enjoy me whilst I'm around.
"Overwhelmed by email? Tired of non-sensical barely-English missives from coworkers? Wondering how an entire day can go by without any work getting done at all?"
ChangeThis supplies the practical advice of Ole Eichhorn in the straight talking The Tyranny of Email
I trust you are having a good weekend: You Are Fortunate!
Label me excessively schmaltzy if you must, I just couldn't help but enjoy the emotional nursing of It's Only Ordinary Because It's There:
It's an instant cheer-up. I'd consider it a celebration of having someone you can send such regards to.
"Do you want to get out of the rat race but not drop out? Do you want to live a life of leisure without worry or guilt? If your answer is yes, Dolly Freed will show you how to live well without a job and without working very hard."
"After discussing reasons why you should or shouldn't give up your job, Possum Living gives you details about the cheapest ways with the best results to buy and maintain your own home, dress well, cope with the law, stay healthy, and keep up a middle-class facade--whether you live in the city, in the suburbs, or in a small town."
A site I've come back to for repeat reads several times now (although I'm not yet ready to give up work alas), enjoy Possum Living.
You've arrived in time for your twelfth monochrome dosage, today is Greyscale Wednesday, you lucky fellow.
Today it's Flickr user pdcawley, and this energetic little Mallory Park action shot:
"The Millau bridge over the River Tarn in the Massif Central mountains is more than 300m (984ft) high"
"Like Concorde and the Channel Tunnel, the bridge is Franco-British". The masterpiece is designed by Norman Foster, with the enormous capital supplied by French constructors Eiffage.
Norman Foster was quoted as saying, "A work of man must fuse with nature. The pillars had to look almost organic, like they had grown from the earth".
Found via: BBC News: UK Edition
Rub clear your eyes with this Landscape Monday, captured by Visually Pleasing:
My girlfriend has travelled back to the United States, I miss her so much already.
"Representatives from 12 South American countries have signed an agreement to create a political and economic bloc modelled on the European Union. The new South American Community of Nations was launched at a summit in the Peruvian city of Cuzco."
"Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo, said a new country was being born, which would one day have a common currency, parliament and passport."
The South American Community of Nations combines two unions, Mercosur & Andean (CAN), with various levels of part/dual commitment in-between. I noticed none of the online sources I've encountered provide a suitable map showing nations involved and their previous/present status. I have quickly put together this crude example:
Mercosur (Blue) : Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay & Uruguay
Associate Mercosur (Light Blue) : Chile
Andean (Red) : Colombia, Venezuela & Ecuador
Andean & Associate Mercosur (Purple) : Bolivia & Peru
Guyana and Suriname were previously without union and are members of this new community.
More information via: BBC News, UK Edition & Americas.org.
It is true, it is Greyscale Wednesday!
Today I borrow black and white brilliance from Velvet G's photos, entitled "The Music Store 2":
The image for Greyscale Wednesday, 1st December 2004, has been recovered following it's deletion by Blogger.
We rotate about a 52nd of our planetary journey around the sun and again it is Landscape Monday.
Today's comes from Flickr user Trostran presenting a fresh-air view from County Clare, Ireland:
If you fancy some more you should examine this.
What have you got planned for this week? anything nice?
Mrs Roberts discovered she had a British accent after her voice recovered following a stroke.
Four years on, she still struggles to convince people that she has lived all her life in America. "People in America accuse me of lying when I say I was born in Indiana. They would say 'What are you saying that for? Where in England are you from?'
"Her accent is a mixture of English cockney and West Country."
Found via: BBC News UK Edition
The poor lady's "English Accent" reminds me of my girlfriend's attempts; Hearing it meander from region to region, no consistency between any two adjoining sentences. My American accent, on the other hand, is superb. Few would suggest it critically flawed by my inability to mimic beyond "My paynts! my paynts are on fyy-er!"
"The British government does not believe the presidential election held in Ukraine on Nov. 21 was free or fair", Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said, Nov. 29.
"Speaking in the House of Commons, Straw said Britain was urging all parties in the dispute over the Ukraine election result to continue to show restraint."
View at the Ukraine Revolution blog, a multitude of near-live photography depicting the ongoing tensions and events.
Some events are obviously not quite as tense as others.
Found via: Loic Le Meur
Reposted is the stolen entry for today's Greyscale Wednesday:
All aspects of the entry are missing besides the image itself, this was due to an unfortunate bug with the web software used.
The informative and inspirational ChangeThis have posted a reminder of some of their past articles you may have missed. One of note is Before It Happens To You written by Jonathan Sackner Bernstein, M.D:
"Every single one of us is at risk of heart attack and disease, and a simple daily regimen can help stave off such heart problems", "The hidden signs of heart problems begin in your 20s, and Dr. Sackner-Bernstein's findings and advice are helping people live longer, healthier lives. Find out how."
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