This photo is actually untitled by the artist, but I feel this piece of conceptual art photography has more than a touch of the spirit of Magritte.
arts & entertainment
music, stage, writing, comedy, cinema, telly, arts, sport, crafts, photography – all this and more!
Assault and battery on the Amazing Race
Does anyone here keep up with The Amazing Race? I’ve just been completely wigged out by the casual showing of partner-on-partner abuse, including assault and battery. No one on the show said a word or attempted to intervene. Just expected… Read More ›
Can’t grab a Flickr image URL any more? Here’s a fix.
Some flickr-using bloggers might have wondered why they suddenly can’t right-click (double-finger-tap, etc) one of their images from a main photo page to “Copy Image Location” any more. This is apparently a result of flickr’s new People In Photos feature,… Read More ›
Gratuitous midnight Jackie Chan video
From The Myth, which is a superior action romp with some lovely physical comedy, like the above.
Friday Hoyden Quickhit: Abigail Sciuto (NCIS)
Played by Pauley Perette, the mischievous yet dedicated Abby Sciuto has geek cred off the charts.
Dear hyperventilating Aussie media
Andre Rieu is not a violin ‘virtuoso’. He is a band leader who plays a decent violin. As my darling says, he’s about as good a violinist as Liberace was a pianist i.e. a canny showman who puts on a… Read More ›
Hey, Hey it’s offensive in Australia too
Remember when something as outrageously racist as a minstrel show was considered funny? Mainstream funny, not white supremacist funny? No, me neither. That kind of cruelty was a long, long time ago. Or so we thought. Then this week a… Read More ›
School holiday blogging: Bees on lavender
Taken yesterday.
Belated Thursday Cheezburger – The 5th Virtue, Faith
Huge apologies for my failure to post a Thursday Cheezburger yesterday! School holidays has me all in a muddle, schedule-wise. To compensate, I have bonus Honourable Mentions today. It’s also our monthly Delurking Day! If you’ve been reading along, give… Read More ›
Whoydensday: a bitter rant summed up in one perspicacious comment
No spoilers in the rant (link below). In fact, it has anti-spoilers as the author appears to not have done his homework. Here is the perspicacious comment,
Hoyden About Town 