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Which Famous Homosexual Are You?Brought to you by Rum and Monkey Which Extremity of the World Are You?From the towering colossi at Rum and Monkey. Which Horrible Affliction are you?A Rum and Monkey disease.

The theme for Lens Day and for Photo Friday is EXPERIMENTAL. Another rose picture, you say. Ah, but this one is in focus. I learned how to use the little flower/mountain button that’s on the back of my camera.

Flat Braid Joining Method is very pretty. Thanks to Samantha who posted a response to Fernanda‘s question on joining.

Hoolabaloo over a banned high school paper: The edition also contained a photo of an unidentified student’s tattoo, and the student had not told her parents about the tattoo, said Superintendent Tom Bailey. “I have a problem with the idea of putting something in the paper that makes us a part of hiding something from [...]

Sharp Objects May Be Allowed on Planes Just think, instead of using your nail clippers, you can now bring on a small pair of sizzors. You can get a lot of handwork done while sitting on an airplane, but almost everything I do requires sizzors. I may return to my needleturn applique ways. Maybe not, [...]

French doctors claim world-first partial face transplant They reconstructed the face of a woman scarred by a horrific dog bite. If this is a successful transplant, think of what it could mean to people who are horribly disfigured by fires, accidents, and other awful things. And I know this is painful to consider, but think [...]

I haven’t made it yet, but I still hope. Bill blacklisted three news organizations that I usually don’t read. Perhaps I’ll start patronizing them.

Pudgy Pete He was very good to consume. Photo Tuesday‘s theme is CONSUME.

Redhead posted this graphic at Pattern Review. I grabbed it, so that I could see what it looked like as a transparent gif. I’m thinking of using it as a background; we’ll see. the original the transparent one: did it work?