Over the past couple of years, I’ve really become terrified of the thought of flying. I’ve never been super happy about it – I have a fear of heights, and therefore flying just feels slightly wrong in my mind. I can’t exactly pinpoint when that shifted though. I did have a miserable flight once from… Continue reading My fears
Quotation Monday #26 – Doorstops
The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book – it makes a very poor doorstop. Alfred Hitchcock
Skyfall
The Russian Army choir sings Adele’s Skyfall. Pretty amazing.
Green tea ice cream
This is really a mixture of several different ice creams. I started with this tea ice cream recipe from Norwegian Klikk.no, then I spotted Mac & Cheese’s Earl Grey tea ice cream recipe. And since I was going with green tea, I also found this one by Emeril Lagasse. All of which inspired and made… Continue reading Green tea ice cream
20 Historic Black and White Photos Colorized
I particularly found the one of King Oscar of Sweden-Norway interesting. 20 Historic Black and White Photos Colorized «TwistedSifter.
Son of York! Richard III descendants allowed to challenge Leicester burial
A high court judge has given permission for descendants of Richard III to challenge plans to rebury the king’s remains in Leicester rather than York, but counselled both sides against engaging in an “unseemly, undignified and unedifying” legal rerun of the Wars of the Roses. via Son of York! Richard III descendants allowed to challenge… Continue reading Son of York! Richard III descendants allowed to challenge Leicester burial
Ages of Revolution
This is kind of nifty. I’m always thinking of the Founding fathers as old men with white hair. Ages of Revolution: How Old Were They on July 4, 1776? – Journal of the American Revolution.
Quotation Monday #25 – Opinions
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance. Plato
King Christian X and the jews (A 100 things #17)
During the German occupation of Denmark, Christian X kept up with his morning rides through Copenhagen. In 1943, the Independent Jewish Press Services, that the King, after hearing the news of the new Nazi laws to identify Jews in Denmark by the armband said: “When that happens, I will myself wear the yellow star on… Continue reading King Christian X and the jews (A 100 things #17)