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Daimonion

#2740
March 09, 2013, 09:37:19 AM
And here is a picture I do like: Aristotle as drawn by Veronese:




I prefer it to the classical depcition by Raphael (Aristotle is on the right):

Bogey

#2741
March 10, 2013, 12:22:28 PM
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

North Star

#2742
March 10, 2013, 03:28:29 PM
Tablesalt crystal found in the saltmill:
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

My photographs on Flickr

Todd

#2743
March 11, 2013, 10:27:04 AM



A 200 year old picture for those who think politics is too nasty/partisan/etc today.  Somehow I think Jefferson was not fond of this one.
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

The Six

#2744
March 13, 2013, 12:08:04 PM

Szykneij

#2745
March 14, 2013, 11:36:08 AM
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

SonicMan46

#2746
March 17, 2013, 01:43:27 PM
Tony - LOL!  ;D

My eyes @ first deceived me - thought for the vegan guru that the age was 81!   :)  Dave

Szykneij

#2747
March 19, 2013, 06:32:13 AM
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

George

#2748
March 19, 2013, 06:34:34 AM
Quote from: Szykneij on March 14, 2013, 11:36:08 AM


I like this one.  :D

However, I bet if the gal on thwe left had the benefit fo the makeup and airbrushing of the one on the right she could look even younger.
"It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously." –Oscar Wilde

ibanezmonster

#2749
March 20, 2013, 07:10:13 AM
Not necessarly "like"...
a picture my redneck friend shared on facebook.



Stereotypes are funny.  ;D

The Six

#2750
March 21, 2013, 07:11:11 PM

ibanezmonster

#2751
March 23, 2013, 09:16:02 PM

From Kenroku-en, one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan.

Bogey

#2752
March 25, 2013, 07:18:57 AM


Very cool.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Szykneij

#2753
March 25, 2013, 03:13:03 PM
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

Mirror Image

#2754
March 25, 2013, 06:28:21 PM
Quote from: Greg on March 23, 2013, 09:16:02 PM

From Kenroku-en, one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan.

Beautiful, Greg. Such a serene picture. Snow certainly is beautiful to view, but it's hell being stuck on the expressway in Atlanta during a snowstorm. That I do not recommend. :D

ibanezmonster

#2755
March 26, 2013, 01:17:42 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 25, 2013, 06:28:21 PM
Beautiful, Greg. Such a serene picture. Snow certainly is beautiful to view, but it's hell being stuck on the expressway in Atlanta during a snowstorm. That I do not recommend. :D
Something I never had to worry about. I didn't even know it ever snowed in Atlanta.

Mirror Image

#2756
March 26, 2013, 03:06:46 PM Last Edit: March 26, 2013, 03:09:49 PM by Mirror Image
Quote from: Greg on March 26, 2013, 01:17:42 PM
Something I never had to worry about. I didn't even know it ever snowed in Atlanta.

It's snowed plenty of times in Atlanta. This is just a glimpse of what I saw:

Mirror Image

#2757
March 26, 2013, 03:42:39 PM
Have you ever witnessed snow before, Greg?

ibanezmonster

#2758
March 26, 2013, 04:33:45 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 26, 2013, 03:42:39 PM
Have you ever witnessed snow before, Greg?
Not anything substantial.
The only times I get to get out of Florida are during the summer.

The Six

#2759
March 27, 2013, 08:15:44 PM
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