.: Pazzesco's Potpourri #1

Explanation: Did you see the Full Moon last night? Near the horizon, the lunar orb may have seemed to loom large, swollen in appearance by the famous Moon illusion. But the Full Moon really was a large Full Moon last night, reaching its exact full phase within an hour of lunar perigee, the point in the Moon's elliptical orbit closest to planet Earth. A similar near perigee Full Moon last occured on December 12, 2008. The difference in the Moon's apparent size as it moves from perigee to apogee, its farthest point from Earth, is about 14 percent. Of course, a nearly Full Moon will rise again tonight, lighting the skies on the date of the Equinox or equal night. The Full Moon also looms large in this well-planned, telescopic lunar portrait. Captured earlier this year, the rising lunar orb is dramatically matched to the 2,500 year old Parthenon, in Athens, Greece.

25 stunning photographs of lions.

10 Things You Didn't Know About Cougars

 

Heart Songs by: Adrian Wong Shue

Quentin Massys Ill-Matched Lovers, c. 1520/1525

Saturday Night Babes

Saturday Night Bud

Saturday Night Movie

Saturday Night Snack

Dali Time!

 

 

 Miss Anthopic and I have one of Kaindl's chandeliers in our home. They're beautiful but it's a real bitch to change the bulbs...

Horse Power: the music might be too similar to older tracks of chemical brothers, but the video is simple and great. horses know how to run with style.  

Italian American craftsmen have produced an enormous variety of musical instruments, from traditional European-style violins, mandolins, and guitars to newer American instruments such as archtop guitars and mandolins and even electric guitars. Since the 1930s, makers from this tradition in the New York region have become especially well known for their extraordinary archtop guitars. This exhibition examines the work of three remarkable craftsmen from this heritage