- Post: I'm currently awaiting the delivery of 100 owls from China (and a special snowflake, lol).


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- St John the Baptist church, Beckford, has some unusual C12th stone carvings including a centaur with a spear (another view for context) apparently intended to resemble King Stephen's coat of arms. A depiction of the "Ransom Theory" better known in English lore as the Harrowing of Hell represented by an image of Jesus stabbing a wolf's head with a ( Read more... )

- I walked on Harthill Moor and Stanton Moor in Derbyshire, past the Grey Ladies stone circle, and the natural Cork Stone, and the Nine Ladies stone circle.


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- This is for lenores_raven in exchange for the inflatable pink unicorn. Hmm, which way to... DOOM?


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- I suspect some dedication plaques don't give the impression originally intended.


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- Happy Solstice! Or a surreally gothy Christmas if you prefer: "Frog murder and boiled children: 'Merry Christmas' Victorian style" (also warning for one "malevolent clown").

- The irresistible force, personified by a young ram, meets the immovable object, in the form of a young bull: and hilarity ensues (utu, 2mins).

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- Vampire hordes will find Dunster station well prepared against attack.


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- Watching, cuddly pink unicorns. I found a very obviously abandoned plush pink unicorn (a "ty beanie boos" apparently) by the roadside and took it home. It didn’t need mending and so isn’t eligible to join my happy band of Igors but, even after washing, it’s too far gone for a charity shop or other toy donation so I don’t know what to do with it. ( Read more... )

1. Political Education of the Day

1a. On political policing (my opinionated opinion ( Read more... )