I’m gonna reblog this until everyone in existence knows about this
this showed up on my dash again
i love it
This is the most amazing thing ever.
(Source: http://notenuf.tumblr.com/)
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So, someone just dropped this in my inbox, and no, I haven’t written about it but I knew about it. This is the sort of thing that happens, unfortunately. I do have a post about the Black Madonna of Chartres, Our Lady of the Pillar.
Here’s the linked article above, and here’s another article from someone who visited for a pilgrimage, with photos, from patheos.com.
They “restored” the entire cathedral based on how they have assumed its builders in the Middle Ages (the 1200s) intended it to be. Including, but not limited to, painting a Black Madonna white.
No matter what you think about the Black Madonnas of Europe, or the arguments about their meaning and intent or anything like that, painting her this way is both an academic and a religious sacrilege. There is…a lot to say about the whole debacle, but I’ve already been rubbing my forehead enough over this. I’ll just say that this “restoration” says a lot more about society today than any medieval society.
Oh, HELL NAH
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How an ant walks. This is called a tripod gait and is common in hexapods (6 legs).
This may be of interest to some of the artists/animators/science fiction types following my blog.
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Cats Who Have No Intention Of Letting You Read Your Book
“Spoiler alert: the main character dies. Now gimme some tuna.”
(photos via the dodo)
Who needs to study…
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A birth certificate is basically a baby receipt
Does that make paternity a record of payment method?
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“Ooh, that’s a nice fish, evolution.”
“Oh, thanks! I’m pleased.”
“What is it called?”
“This one’s a pearlfish.”
“Lovely. And what does it eat?”
“Little invertebrates, that kind of thing.”
“Delightful. And where does it live?”
“Inside the anus of a sea cucumber.”
"Oh, for Christ’s sake.”
“What? It’s a fine place. Safe, sheltered, just the right size for the fish to squeeze in.”
"And you were doing so well for a minute there, too.”
Source: Wikimedia Commons / Alessandro Pagano / licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
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