100 years ago: Play R.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 27, 2021:

I read R.U.R. many years ago and always found its final twist ridiculous. The idea that these robots could be programmed for any task EXCEPT for building other robots was silly frankly. It simply turned an otherwise brilliant idea in to just another variation on the Frankenstein story. I discuss this in the section on responsibility and creation in my book The quick and easy cheaters guide to writing horror. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Quick-Cheaters-Guide-Writing-Horror-ebook/dp/B005GGP35U

Catalina Mari

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 27, 2021:

Very nostalgic imagery

I will let this book speak for itself [amazon.co.uk]

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 27, 2021:

But not with its mouth full ;)

Bird of Paradise, Flower from Africa 🖤☘

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 27, 2021:

Wow

Last Orange Lily 🖤☘.. Why last? No more? Finish? Done? 😁 what a silly thought of mine.☕

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 27, 2021:

Beautiful

Trump the peace maker, Biden the war monger?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 27, 2021:

If true, then at least Biden won't be making a deal to build hotels out of the rubble created by weapons he brokered so he can have a future bolt hole in which to shag porn stars and Russian specialist sex workers at the US tax payers expense.

Its a Hooterville thing.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2021:

an alternate to no.4 involves Mormons in Starbucks

I'll just leave these here for you to enjoy when you reach the appropriate age?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2021:

link is dead

I'm legally blind due to macular edema and the vision in my eyes is twice as bad in the left than in...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2021:

Yes you are being to self conscious. You would not think twice about using a walking stick, hearing aid, glasses or a sling if you needed to, so what is the difference?

Keira Knightley refuses to film any more sex scenes with male directors.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2021:

Why not just refuse full stop? Plenty of actors don't do nude or sex scenes and still get plenty of work, including the vast majority of her movies (I've never seen her do a nude or sex scene at all, she is still one of the better leading ladies working at present, relying on talent rather than simply beauty ) and there are many who want to do, it is simply a matter of personal choice. Likewise the gender of the filmmaker should be irrelevant, and the work judged only on the merit and quality of the product. I would no more say a male director could not make a family drama exploring the female psyche than I would say a woman cannot make a dramatic war film ( Catherine Bigelow would prove that point she is a genius) This whole article seems to be vainglorious virtue signaling and fashionable man bashing.

I like these people BECAUSE I'd be right into that too! [zynn.be]

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2021:

I feel embarrassed for the Doberman, his face just says "damn this is going on the internet isn't it? I'll just stand here and try to pretend to be a labradoodle."

Makes perfect sense!

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2021:

Reminds me of a school friend who claimed never to have met his mother since she left home before he was born.

The Qianchun Interchange,China

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2021:

It is amazing to me that in Asia even something as utilitarian as a traffic system can still be designed and built with such a sense of aesthetics and artistry. While in the west we rely on nothing other than pragmatism no matter how ugly it turns out.

Breaking Bad (2008-2013)

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2021:

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say. Will Durant

trompe l'oeil /ˌtrômp ˈloi/ noun visual illusion in art, especially as used to trick the ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2021:

Literally means trick of the eye in French, but is usually translated as optical illusion.

Well.... That's Me 😅😅😅

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2021:

Oh my god they killed Kenny

The opening title theme to the 1958 adventure film Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, scored by Bernard ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2021:

Ray Harryhausen films were a delight of my childhood

Sending hugs to all 🤗 the heathens who are struggling right now 🙂

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2021:

anytime ;)

Hello, Earthlings! 😊 I got a question 😁 - Who was the last person you held hands with? 😉

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2021:

My Dog KhoKho

Hello, I'm putting out a final call for members to fill out the survey.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2021:

done

You can't Make This Stuff Up! "As exorcists will confirm, the demons are very good with ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2021:

Gizmo kaka!

This is the last call for members to fill out the survey.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2021:

done

Please welcome @Julz to the group.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2021:

welcome

Ella Hughes

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2021:

Frighteningly pale 😳

Now this made me laugh outloud

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2021:

There is no T in religion in the same way there is no F'in truth either

What do you see: Dog or Demon Child??

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2021:

The phenomena is called 'Face pareidolia' It is part of our fight or flight response.

CREEPY CRAWLERS... Can you guess what they are?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2021:

1) looks like a butterfly, 3) looks like a moth 2) Looks like Leslie Nielsen in Dracula dead and loving it

My mother says I'm going to hell.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 25, 2021:

Is that you reporting your mothers warning or is it her telling you "I am going to hell" because she has been naughty?

Good thing I have long legs.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 25, 2021:

That picture could be open to misinterpretation if you don't read the sign first.

Can't have that "sin cave" robbed of those nasty pleasures or can we.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 25, 2021:

Why are religious people so obsessed with other peoples genitals? Does that not say more about them, than about the people they condemn

I remember seeing and even drawing these as a kid without knowing the original context

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 25, 2021:

IN the UK we called them chads or Wots, the face was usually used as a protest against continued rationing The face would be drawn on the wall of a shop that had a commodity no longer in stock, with the words Wot no.....? written beneath. Eg. Wot no bread? Wot no Milk

The Forbidden City, Beijing, China

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 25, 2021:

Amazing place.

Twat?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 25, 2021:

The Vesica Pisces is a very ancient fertility symbol for both the vagina and the womb, another example of Christian plagiarism.

Dido DAI-do Part of speech: noun Origin: Unknown, early 19th century 1: A mischievous trick ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 25, 2021:

Dido was the first queen of Carthage famous for her wit and wisdom. When she declared herself queen one of her enemies told her sarcastically that she could have as much of his city as she could encompass in a single sheep's hide, she had him sign a legally binding contract to that effect and took away the sheep hide he offered. Dido sheered it and spun the wool in to a thread of great length, the sliced the hide in to thongs so thin that when combined with the wool made a string of length enough to surround the entire city. Hence a Dido or Didoism being a clever trick.

Happy Monday all...When is the other group coming back???

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 25, 2021:

I would not hold your breath, the puritans have their lily white claws in to this site. We cannot risk offending their easily offended eyeball with natural things, they might tut at us

trump, n.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 25, 2021:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBxMraozJuk=NeverCaesar

Opinion | 'Lord of the Flies,' Revisited

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 25, 2021:

Rutger Bregman completely missed the point, Lord of the flies is not about children or there nature it is about ideology verses reason and an attempt to explain why political and religious extremism reasserts itself time after time, no matter how much society in general relies on science and logic.

INFRA DIG.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 25, 2021:

Not cool man

The 1938–39 deplatforming of Father Coughlin.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 25, 2021:

plus ça change

Wakatipu Lake, New Zealand - Good Morning 🌞 heathens 🌠

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 25, 2021:

That'll do, I would not say no to living there.

Don't lose hope 😊🖤🌠☘

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 24, 2021:

Not all trees, some are ever green. However no one ever loses everything until the day they die at which point it all ceases to matter.

Somehow ☘🌠🖤

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 24, 2021:

I would consolidate it to one Control your impact on the world and the beings resident in it.

Sometimes people need to know.🌠

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 24, 2021:

Words are easy, appropriate actions take effort and sometimes even then are insufficient.

The Queen's Gambit (2020) ☘😊

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 24, 2021:

"It takes a strong man to say, I would rather have nothing, than settle for less!" Elaine may "Ishtar" 1987

I'll make you guys crave for this 😅😂😋😁

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 24, 2021:

Chicken, the first and foremost reason I could never be a vegan. Bacon come a close second.

Change Doesn't Happen Overnight, But Research Shows How Social Movements Succeed

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 24, 2021:

More often than not it is fear that spurs action, flight or fight is a very strong instinct in humans when the alternate is inevitable death.

I am absolutely disgusted to find Non Nude Sexy Pictures (of which I am NOT a member) showing up on ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 24, 2021:

Here we go again. Maybe this site needs to be renamed Puritans dot com

24th January 41.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 24, 2021:

There was a tragically unfinished film version of the life of Claudius, featuring a tour de force performance by Charles Laughton as the eponymous lead. Much of the film still exists thankfully but remain a case of what might have been. Though thankfully there is still the Derek Jacobi BBC version from 1976

Please welcome @Klutzee to the group. Looking forward to hearing your points of view.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 24, 2021:

Welcome

“The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 24, 2021:

"Nietzsche said out of chaos, comes order." Mel Brookes 1974 (Nietzsche never actually said anything of the sort though it is often misattributed because of its use in the movie Blazing Saddles 1974)

24th January 1908.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 24, 2021:

A title that was something of an irony, when it was found after his death that Baden-Powel a had huge collection of personally hand drawn "portraits" of his *Scouts* in various states of undress.

The "Dire Wolf" might have more cat than dog/wolf DNA! [sciencemag.org]

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 24, 2021:

Reminds of the story of the Thylacines, or Tasmanian tiger so called because of its striped lower back, that was at first thought to be a cat, then a wolf and eventual was discovered to be a carnivorous marsupial, just before it was hunted to extinction in 1930.

So that's the explanation?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 24, 2021:

This is a variation of the Brothers Grimm's retelling of Aesop's fable "The Years of Man" In the original Greek version man takes in a Horse, an Ox and a dog in to his own home to spare them the harsh winter, in return for the hospitality each animal gives a sacrifice to the man. The horse gives ten years of his life to the man for athletics and play, the ox gives ten years of strength and stamina for hard work and providing, the dog gives ten years for him to be a protector of his home and family, leaving the man his own twenty years for childhood and retirement.

Christie Brinkley, 66 year-old stunning woman.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 24, 2021:

Same lady back in her 1979 heyday age 25

Lempuyang Temple - Indonesia

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 24, 2021:

Also known as the gate of heaven

Christie Brinkley, 66 year-old stunning woman.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 24, 2021:

Still gorgeous

January 23, 1368 In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as the ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 23, 2021:

Also the inventor of man spreading by the look of it

[youtu.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 23, 2021:

They look like the poster children for Village of the Damned

Been watching the Smerconish show this morning, and the survey question is whether attendees of 45's...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 23, 2021:

**"suspended (with pay), pending the outcome of an investigation into his actions."** is the important part, there is no presumption of guilt here, simply a precautionary measure. If a teacher is accused of murdering children, because a photo emerged of him with other known child murderers, and the school board did NOT suspend him until such times as investigations are completed, would you be happy sending your child to that school?

Today, January 23, is the 122nd birthday of one of the greatest actors of the 20th Century, Humphrey...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 23, 2021:

By the way @Ray13 Bogey was born December 25th 1899, I know because he shared his birth day with my mother, who never tired of pointing it out.

Today, January 23, is the 122nd birthday of one of the greatest actors of the 20th Century, Humphrey...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 23, 2021:

"Bogart was a Hell of a guy, until about three in the morning and three martini's too many, 'cos then he started to think he was Bogart" Michael Romanoff (born Herschel Geguzine, 1890-1971) manger and owner of Romanoff's restaurant, Hollywood

Ignore the people who have idiotic thoughts🖤🌠🖤

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 23, 2021:

There are multiple solutions to every problem, make sure you choose the one you need rather than the one you want.

Column: A Catholic pastor speaks out about Trump. Some parishioners walk out.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 22, 2021:

People should not need anyone to tell them what is or is not unacceptable behaviour least of all a catholic priest, one who is working and therefore tacitly condoning of the worst international gang of paedophile filth on the face of this earth

Cause Célèbre noun any controversy that attracts great public attention.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 22, 2021:

Literally a famous cause

Mountain Walkway - Mount Tianmen, Zhangjiajie, China

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 22, 2021:

What lunatic ever thought building this was a good idea?

Mount Huangshan, China

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 22, 2021:

not in a million years would you get me climbing that stairway

Trump Supporter Who Took Private Plane to Storm the Capitol and Then Begged for a Pardon Is Now ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 22, 2021:

self entitled pratt

Doesn't need translation i think ;)

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 22, 2021:

gives a whole new meaning to eating in the Nether lands

There should be some law somewhere or a regulation in congress to get rid of quacks like this qanon ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 22, 2021:

The downside of democracy, idiots are free to vote for other idiot to represent them. It is why I have long advocated for the idea that people should have to earn the right to vote, by proving themselves capable of making a reasoned decision with consideration for the consequences. That which is given for free is in effect worthless and is likely to be squandered

Sweet as gummy 😅

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 22, 2021:

stylish

I keep sending them, but they won't go.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

The third cat is probably called Politician, when some one calls for thoughts and prayers there is usually some arsehole sniffer from the government behind them.

From the 1942 comedy Roxie Hart - remade in 2002 as the musical Chicago - Ginger Rogers dancing up a...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

So many people forger today that Ginger Rogers was a huge star in her own right and not just Fred Astaire's dance partner. Thanks for posting this.

[newsthump.com] Still keeping up his normal routine as much as possible

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

funny

People are usually shocked when they find out I am not a good electrician.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

They're definitely so con-fused

The opposite of Love is not Hate, it’s indifference.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

“The Devil’s Disciple” George Bernard Shaw 1897

Debbie Reynolds ( 1932-2016 ) and daughter Carrie Fisher ( 1956-2016 )

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

Two wonderful and accomplished entertainers 💕

From an old post: Neologisms

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

Love these

Paula Prentiss (file actress) in 1964

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

Nice, she has been married to Richard Benjamin for 60 years now.

This circus keeps writing itself! Lol!!! [nytimes.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

Link behind a pay wall

Narcissism - In ancient mythology , Narciss was a young man , who , when he one day saw his ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

Unfortunately in his day, you could not get Big Mac delivered to your door 24/7 or he would probably have gone orange and become king.

Macaronic adjective composed of a mixture of languages.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

So nothing to do with pasta then? :(

I wanna make you crave for this 😂☺ Goodnight 💤

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

nice

This morning's coffee. And it tastes soooo goooood....

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

Very clever

Morning stretching 🌞😉🌠

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

nothing beats a good stretch and a good scratch first thing in a morning

Fighter! 💪💪💪

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

No one does it alone without being damaged irrevocably, never forget the people who cared enough to keep on helping you stay on your feet because they needed you too. When you leaned on them, they also leaned on you

A 34-year-old man in Beijing, China makes use of light and shadow to create artwork, working with ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

Amazing

Hey heathens! 😊 I got a question 😉 - Did you or do you have a Nickname?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

I have had through out my life many nicknames, many commenting on my physical build and featured (Springs for example because I have very curly hair, and others from school some rather unspeakable, racist and cruel.) I call myself Len because as my name sake in the "The Big Bang Theory" says Leonard has "Nerd" in it and my late best friend always called me Lennie (the only person I ever allowed to do so). My older son (formerly my daughter) calls me Grumpy because she says I look like the guy who plays Grumpy in "once upon a time" and my daughter in law calls me Papa Smurf, because my beard was far much more luxuriant when I first met her.

Nothing to add.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

It is the most common of situations that when noticing and pointing out the flaws of others most people are oblivious to the fact that the failings they so readily recognising are the familiar faults most inherent in themselves.

Sprezzatura sprets-ə-TYOOR-ə Part of speech: noun Origin: Italian, early 15th century 1: ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

Italian for disdain and Catalan expression for a contemptuous answer that ends a conversation (Atura meaning stop sprez meaning contemptuous)

Another groaner!😏🙄

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

urg

😃🌠

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

That it will never come again Is what makes life so sweet. Believing what we don’t believe Does not exhilarate. That if it be, it be at best An ablative estate — This instigates an appetite Precisely opposite. Emily Dickinson 1741

Exigency EKS-i-jən-see Part of speech: noun Origin: Latin, late 16th century 1: An urgent ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2021:

Exigency are usually brought about by an emergency, in the same way symptoms are brought about by a sickness, and emergencies are brought about by crises

a hubcap diamond star halo Does anyone know what that is?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 20, 2021:

You would have to be as stoned as Marc Bolan to even take a guess https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVEhDrJzM8E=rooneyfan21

The Pearl waterfall, China

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 20, 2021:

lovely

Local Crazy Train I am trying to refrain from posting anything on Facebook that might cause ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 20, 2021:

ah well as a wise squirrel once said

Good Night lovely beautiful heathens 😉💤 its 1.21am here. Jeez! Babush! Night 😴

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 20, 2021:

good night

Natural Bridge - Zhangjiajie National Park China

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 20, 2021:

looks almost mythical

Hey! Yow! What's up?!😝 hello guys, I got a question 😁 - what is your worst habit?🙂

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 20, 2021:

Being too indecisive or maybe not, I can't decide.

Happy Wednesday all...My Queen

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 20, 2021:

It is Emilia Clark Daenerys Targaryen from GOTs only the pic is old and dates from a 2013 fashion shoot

I will remember that 😊🌠

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 20, 2021:

Strong people generally