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• • Understatement of the day award...
  • by Benjaminbrum
    

  • in beninbrum.blog.co.uk

  • 6 days old
  • Listening to a podcast on the way home I reflected that understatement can sometimes hit us unawares. Today's Understatement of the Day award goes to Rachel Donadio, a writer and editor at the New York Times Book Review. She states that "Africa is a vast continent with alot going on". Thanks for pointing that out Rachel. We didn't know that... more
  • Tags: + africa , + ben whitehouse , + birmingham , + comment , + current events , + editor , + entertainment , + funny , + new york , + new york times book review , + podcast , + rachel donadio , + uk , + understatement of the day , + usa ,
• • the dead season
  • by ohlala007
    

  • in ohlala007.blog.co.uk

  • 7 days old
  • ***Freud is not right. . .*** “Life is full of surprises”, I am not one of those who think so. I believe that life is full of obstacles, which I have to overcome--which I do, and which makes me be one of those who never get bored. I am the one who never gets bored. How many your friends can say this? Can you say this? Every time, getting up in... more
  • Tags: + aesthete , + anthony blanche , + art , + beautiful boys , + beauty , + birds , + blog , + blogging , + book about men , + books , + boys , + cats , + creative writing , + dogs , + enjoyment , + essay , + fiction , + french , + fun , + gay , + gods , + good books , + history , + la lune blanche , + la magie blanche , + life
• • my fandom is older
  • by ohlala007
    

  • in ohlala007.blog.co.uk

  • 14 days old
  • JULY 10, 138 -- Emperor Hadrian (reigned AD 117-138) dies at the age of sixty-two and one half. “Animula vagula, blandula, hospes comesque corporis, quae nunc abibis in loca pallidula, rigida, nudula, nec, ut soles, dabis iocos.” [“Little spirit, gentle and wandering, companion and guest of the body, in what place will you now abide, pale, stark... more
  • Tags: + aesthete , + anthony blanche , + antinoos , + antinous , + art , + author , + beautiful boys , + beauty , + blog , + blogging , + book about men , + books , + boys , + cats , + creative writing , + enjoyment , + essay , + fiction , + french , + fun , + gay , + gods , + good books , + hadrian , + history , + la lune blanche
• • Big Bright Fiery Ball in the Sky
  • by vanquishbb
    

  • in vanquishbon.blog.co.uk

  • 17 days old
  • SYDNEY (AFP) - Heat waves, less rain and increased drought are the likely prospect for Australia, according to a new report on climate change which the agriculture minister said read like a "disaster novel". It said that exceptionally hot years, which once occurred every 20 to 25 years, were more likely to hit every one or two years. And the... more
  • Tags: + alabama , + barada , + bobby , + bush exxon , + cheney halliburton , + controversial , + energy consumption bush , + florence , + global warming bush , + gort , + ice cap melting , + klaatu , + kyoto bush , + miller , + nikto ,
• • live_and_learn
  • by ohlala007
    

  • in ohlala007.blog.co.uk

  • 28 days old
  • The Internet--I am here to learn. Did you know that in Europe there is a country of pagans? Republic of Kalmykia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Kalmykia is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). It is remarkable for being the only area of Europe in which the dominant religion is Buddhism. It has also become famous... more
  • Tags: + aesthete , + antinoos , + antinous , + art , + author , + beautiful boys , + beauty , + blog , + blogging , + book about men , + books , + boys , + buddha , + bunin , + cosmos , + creative writing , + dead , + ekklesia_antinoou , + essay , + fiction , + gods , + good books , + history , + john le carre
• • the roses of Paestum
  • by ohlala007
    

  • in ohlala007.blog.co.uk

  • 40 days old
  • “For the hours of thy happiness are over and joy is not gathered twice in a life, as the roses of Paestum twice in a year.” (Edgar Allan Poe) in this issue-- Ancient Pages at Revue_Blanche Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) is not my favorite artist, I only appreciate his etchings Vedute--the impressive Views of Rome and views of... more
  • Tags: + aesthete , + animals , + anthony blanche , + art , + author , + beautiful boys , + beauty , + blog , + blogging , + book about men , + books , + boys , + cats , + creative writing , + enjoyment , + essay , + fiction , + french , + fun , + gay , + gods , + good books , + history , + la lune blanche , + la magie blanche
• • caprice unlimited
  • by ohlala007
    

  • in ohlala007.blog.co.uk

  • 44 days old
  • Several pictures in the blog post don’t make the access to the web-page quicker, it's true, but I simply have nothing to write about. Therefore these pictures. À la recherche de Tadzio… Young Boy with a Cat (1868) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919): old photo: Joey Seated by Felix d’Eon: Obviously, this Greek boy is under the age of discretion... more
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• • quixotic
  • by ohlala007
    

  • in ohlala007.blog.co.uk

  • 61 days old
  • ***a small dark themed essay, found on the Net, that asks some questions:** “Vampire. A living oxymoron. An immortal. Or a corpse? A bringer of death or a savior of life? A curse or a blessing? On the brink of death and saved by a vampire’s bite, becoming free of disease and natural death at the prime of your life, and having it taken by a... more
  • Tags: + aesthete , + animals , + anthony blanche , + art , + author , + beautiful boys , + beauty , + blog , + blogging , + book about men , + books , + boys , + bridge , + cats , + china , + creative writing , + enjoyment , + essay , + fiction , + french , + fun , + gay , + gods , + good books , + gulls , + history , + la lune blanche
• • the sunless parlour
  • by ohlala007
    

  • in ohlala007.blog.co.uk

  • 72 days old
  • “…in a sunless parlour where an old clock ticked in the shadows and a cat slept by the empty grate.” (Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited) ***tidings*** Recently, Jocelyn Lindenridge-Blanche began to write his first prose, fantasy fiction about Prince Carpathian. As I’ve said more than once, I hate fantasy fiction. But I love Jocelyn and cannot... more
  • Tags: + aesthete , + ancient rome , + animals , + anthony blanche , + art , + author , + beautiful boys , + beauty , + blog , + blogging , + book about men , + books , + boys , + britain , + cats , + creative writing , + enjoyment , + essay , + fiction , + fun , + gay , + gods , + good books , + history , + la lune blanche
• • WRITER :CRITICALLY ILL
  • by waves
    

  • in refresh.blog.co.uk

  • 78 days old
  • WRITER :CRITICALLY ILL ARVIND K.PANDEY Sorry folks !, being ill, I,m niether able to write regularly on my blogsite(Indowaves) nor able to place my comments to the responses .I'm bed-ridden but this does not mean I'm not going through what's going on the site .So please remain hooked to me as well as my writing and pray that I get well soon to... more
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