Flares into Darkness

Get ready for a wistful weekend with Six-String Soldiers.   

John Sell Cotman - Ruined House I knew this day was coming. Flares uses a free template and some of the graphics files are hosted on ano...

In the post Onward we stagger I suggested that the statue of William Darby on a motorcycle was essentially an equestrian statue, with th...

The weekend started yesterday, so there is no reason for my usual Friday music video to get you ready for it. Instead, in honor of Black F...

Click image to enlarge Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner rejo...

If you're in need of some animatronic animals (and who isn't?) check out  Peter Miao's YouTube feed for Zigong Dinosaurs Worl...

Get ready for an emergent weekend with Cake.   

Click any image to enlarge I guess this is a form of an equestrian statue, with the horse replaced by a motorcycle. it memorialized Will...

From the Army times article  Nov. 11, 1918: Wasted Lives on Armistice Day : On November 11, 1918, Armistice Day, the American Expeditio...

Above is a film from the 1940s showing redwood trees being cut down, transported and processed at a lumber mill. Amazingly the old-timey l...

Get ready for an emancipated weekend with Mendeleyev.   

In 1855 an earthquake struck Tokyo causing considerable amounts of damage and killing 7,000 people. Popular legend held that giant catfis...

Anybody else feeling depressed and disoriented after the election? I mean, how will I ever survive without a deluge of campaign ads. Ma...

Well, it is a song about the wrong election, but whatever. Regardless, no matter how the vote goes there will be hysteria. Better to take ...

In the above video an incredibly cheerful Lithuanian fellow spends 5 days visiting and living in a Mumbai slum. It is a bit odd of a video...

Get ready for an ocular weekend with Jaakonaho.   

I researched inappropriate Halloween costumes on the web and am pretty sure the above image does not run afoul of any PC sins. Well, mayb...

I'm not all that familiar with the snack food Pringles. I've eaten them a few times and they seemed to be wonky tasting potato ch...

Get ready for a moonlit weekend with Leon Redbone.   

In 1894 the use, or misuse, of a Ouija board led to a lawsuit -- The State of Indiana vs. Eva Doty and Nora Doty. From Strange Company...