Waiting, 1945. Post-Stalin (1975-1985), set in 1945 at the end of WWII. Painted by Ivan Babenko. Oil on canvas, 123x167 cm.

Limecat is not pleased.


..and he doesn't like people who link to his picture, so don't. You've been warned!

"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things."
T.S.Eliott

... the Secret Welsh ART of SELF DEFENCE that requires NO INTELLIGENCE, STRENGTH or PHYSICAL courage

18 tips for living like it's a sit com
1. Make mother-in-law cracks.
2. Arrange elaborate practical jokes.

3. Never go to the bathroom.

4. Fly into a jealous tizzy on the slightest pretext, but never become violent.

5. Always forget whatever happened last week.

6. Be oblivious to current events.

7. Turn everything into a joke

8. Abhor silence.

9. Always suffer extreme obnoxiousness without complaint.

10. Never explain; always lie or scheme your way out of situations.

11. Sneak into people's rooms and offices.

12. Forget anniversaries.

13. Throw your back.

14. Have amnesia. (Thanks to Steve Covey for this key item.)

15. Consume milk and cookies in the middle of the night.

16. Invite your boss to dinner and have your wife cook.

17. If someone bakes a cake for a party, sneak a piece ahead of time.

18. If you've got nothing better to do, put on a show.

jackolope

snowflakes

Edward Hopper, Railroad Sunset (1929)
Whitney Museum of American Art

The braided streams of the Betsiboka Estuary have largely returned to their normal size, leaving pools of water (blue and green in this image) to show the extent of earlier flooding. Tropical Cyclone Gafilo moved across Madagascar on March 7 and 8, dumping heavy rain in its path. As time passed, the waters eventually flowed down the rivers to the coast, flooding the low-lying land in the west.

“Americans deserve a principled diplomacy...backed by undoubted military might...based on enlightened self-interest, not the zero-sum logic of power politics...a diplomacy that commits America to lead the world toward liberty and prosperity. A bold progressive internationalism that focuses not just on the immediate and imminent, but insidious dangers that can mount over the next years and decade, dangers that span the spectrum from the denial of democracy, to destructive weapons, endemic poverty and epidemic disease. These are not just issues of international order, but vital issues of our own national security.”

-John Kerry

"life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways,thoroughly used up,totally worn out and loudly proclaiming WOW- what a ride!!....."