Pictures – Page 11

And under the boughs unbowed, All clothed in a snowy shroud, etc.

Vintage Soviet New Year cards

Scanned and provided to the general public by the lovely Marya Koshkina here and here. There were no official celebrations of Christmas in the USSR, of course. All of that energy was shifted to celebrating the New Year. This has to be one of my favourites: Because I was born in 1984, I was ableContinue reading “Vintage Soviet New Year cards”

In honour of the scheduled Blu-ray release of LotR

(Yeah, I know it’s not the Extended Edition yet, and that they’re milking this for all its worth, but human beings need to take happiness where they can get it) I present you with epicness: Pretty boys together, just as they should be. Always. I’ll never forget the winter I saw FotR seven times. IContinue reading “In honour of the scheduled Blu-ray release of LotR”

“Ave Caesar morituri te salutant”

I flipped the lights on in the bathroom today, and was greeted with this: I have decided to name him Nemo. Nemo, I’m sorry.

Comfort food: WP Inman, Enya

I only really like Jude Law in “Cold Mountain,” where he’s mostly bleeding from bullet holes: Maybe I’m secretly a sadist. “Cold Mountain” wasn’t that terrific of a movie, so I’m not sure why it is that I always come back to it. Pathos? Rednecks? Your guess is as good as mine. My other comfortContinue reading “Comfort food: WP Inman, Enya”