Hortensia, Couronne Impériale (Hydrangea, Crown Imperial). J.J. Grandville, Les fleurs animées.
Wardruna – Rotlaust Tre Fell. English lyrics below the fold.
Yesterday morning, I was playing around with my lab putty, and had to leave the studio for a couple of minutes. I came back to the lid of the tin, but no lab putty anywhere in sight. Fortunately, Vala’s desk stash was as far as it went. Neatly recovered, with only a few bites taken out. :D
© C. Ford.
From Charly, who notes: Probably the most prized mushroom around here, not only edible and tasty in many preparations, but also can be dried and stored. There are people who do not collect anything else, but I am not so picky. It has the advantage that it cannot be mistaken for anything poisonous or dangerous, however there is a beautiful inedible bolete (bitter bolete) around here, that is very similar in looks sometimes, but can be easily and safely recognised by simply licking the cut when unsure. Unfortunately I have seen only one specimen of that one this time and I totally forgot to make a picture. Click for full size!
© Charly, all rights reserved.
So, the cleaning of the studio goes on, except for this bit, where Miz Grace left her mark in metallic green paint. That can stay. Vala is enjoying tea on her newly cleaned desk station; I see that the squirmful Vala needs an ear cleaning. That ought to be fun.
© C. Ford.
There’s been no end of people blaming the people of Houston for the flood, all of them christians. Now, Joyner and Bakker have joined in, with Bakker hawking his horrible ‘food’ inna bucket.
Joyner asserted that the storm had nothing to do with climate change because “the real issue with the weather and everything else on the earth has to do with sin and wickedness.”
“The whole earth will cry out because of the shedding of innocent blood,” he said. “That’s what throws nature off more than dumping CO2 or anything.”
I’ll just assume Joyner is yakking about abortion here, and not the endless imperial wars Amerika starts, or all the brown peoples who get murdered by homicidal cops every day, or anything like that. The earth we walk on, every single day, is blood and bone of all those who have gone before, and that’s a bunch, to say the least. Some of us realize that, and it leads us to respect. Apparently, it leads christians to the conclusion that climate change is no thing, no. My idea of wickedness differs a great deal from theirs. I think they are wicked assholes. Not that it would affect climate change in any way.
“The whole earth” is all manner upsetty by what people in Houston are doing. Amazing. One of the very worst aspects of many Americans is that they think the world begins and ends with Amerika.
That prompted Bakker to declare that he felt that “this flood is from God, it’s a judgment on America,” and Joyner agreed, noting that “these kinds of things don’t happen by accident.”
Oh FFS. Yeah, uh, climate change, dipshit. And yes, these things do happen at random. Always have done, but we’re happily accelerating it all.
Joyner said that Key West, Florida, had been hit by a hurricane “on the day they’re supposed to have the Day of Decadence parade” and another hurricane hit New Orleans right before it hosted another Day of Decadence festival.
“Coincidence? I don’t think so,” he said. “We have to stand up against the perversion of our times and call it what it is.”
Once again, Amerika, it’s not the whole world. Other countries have such fun celebrations, and they aren’t being flooded (something that psychogod of yours promised to never do again. Of course, there was that qualifier about not wiping out everyone via flood. I guess spot flooding is still good) or otherwise wiped out. Gosh, I wonder why not. See if you can figure that one out.
Bakker agreed, saying that the former mayor of Houston “ordered all the preachers to turn in their sermons before they preached them.
That doesn’t sound right at all, and I’ll go with the assumption it’s a lie. Anyone know about that?
Just remember, God gets the last word. God gets the last word. Be not deceived, God is not mocked.”
I mock Jehovah all the damn time. Still here, still intact. People all over the place mock Jehovah. They’re okay, too. You can add sloth to the list of your god’s sins.
Via RWW.
I’m also a Knight Templar! I took this twice, because I had a conflict when it came to movies and the awful phrases. Also, giving me a choice between sword, flower, and book is not fair. So, Dominican:
You would belong to them because you are an intellectual person that not only loves learning and studying, but, above all, transmitting the Truth to others.
And Knight Templar:
You belong to them because of your strength and great desire of conquest. You are willing to risk your own life for others and for your Faith.

Young bodies may more easily rebound from long bouts of sitting, with just an hour at the gym. But research suggests physical recovery from binge TV-watching gets harder in our 50s and as we get older. Lily Padula for NPR.
So, NPR had a health article up about prolonged sitting, and how it affects health, particularly mobility in those of us who are older. Nothing new about that, but I suppose people need to be reminded to get off the couch now and then. The title of the article is ‘Get Off The Couch Baby Boomers, Or You May Not Be Able To Later.’ This was turned into a Twitter campaign, to urge older folks to exercise more. Rather than taking the exhaustive and ever so difficult route of clicking a link and reading the article, ever moronic and lazy Trumpholes assumed this was political, and Democratic a/o liberal in origin, and tweeted their outrage all over the place.
So now the democrat party slogan is "Get Off The Couch Baby Boomers" Typical, demand others who worked, built, suffered do more for them
— Behind Enemy Lines (@BushwackCA) September 4, 2017
So now the democrat party slogan is “Get Off The Couch Baby Boomers” Typical, demand others who worked, built, suffered do more for them
You can see much more of the idiocy of those who assume, rather than know what they are talking about at Raw Story.
Ville Valo – Valo Yossä. (English Lyrics.)
Taksin katolla vilkkuu
Yön ainoa valopilkku
Tuhto topattu moottoriveneen odottaa
Minä menen
Esiin tunkevat aatokset sameat
Valhetta vatvovat karkeat sanat
Paksu lompakko on
Helppo on lempeä pyytää
Kerjääjä
Alla silmien himerrys hyytää
Valoviikatteet taloja niittää
Käsi hamuaa lautturin viittaa
En osaa elämää syyttää en kiittää
Se jääköön
En piittaa
Kohdusta hautaan
Ui uuttera lautta
Tuhannen kapakan kautta
