Quote of the Day – February 29 2016

“The more often a stupidity is repeated,
the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.”

François-Marie Arouet

(1694-1778, better known by his nom de plume Voltaire –
French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher)

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23 Free Photography E-Books for you!

From Lightstalking, an excellent source of daily photography posts:

You’ve seen them appear in some of our earlier posts on freebies. But today we decided to put all the eBooks together (and many more!) in a single, mega post for you.

These will keep you busy for a really long time.

Go ahead, download them! Print them […]

Sexy selfies are becoming a normal way to flirt

“Demand for raunchy photos and videos between couples is so high that app developer Antony Burrows created Disckreet, an app that allows couples to safely record their intimate files. It requires both partners to be together and enter their passcodes in order to access a file.

“Nothing goes on the cloud and the files are heavily […]

Article – Dubious New British Airways Ad Speaks Volumes About How White People See Indians

From the article by Natasha Noman on mic.com:

If you’re familiar with the Broadway musical Avenue Q, you already know that “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist.” And so, it would seem, British Airways is not exempt.

In a recent […]

Quote of the Day – February 28 2016

“How people treat you is their karma,  how you react is yours.”

Unknown, possibly Wayne Dyer

 

Pic credit: Flower Power, 1967, photographed by Bernie Boston on October 21, 1967. It was nominated for the 1967 Pulitzer Prize.

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Article – Pornography or erotic art? Japanese museum aims to confront shunga taboo

From the article:

Japan’s adult movie industry is among the biggest in the world, and its range of pornographic manga is eclectic and ubiquitous. But it has taken centuries-old works of art for the country to challenge official reticence towards graphic depictions of sex.

In recent weeks, tens of thousands of people have flocked to a tiny […]

Quote of the Day – February 27 2016

“Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.”

Pablo Picasso

Jeune Fille Endormie is a 1935 work by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso. It was sold at Christie’s auction house in London in 2011 for nearly £13.5 million after being donated to the University of Sydney by an anonymous American donor.

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Quote of the Day – February 26 2016

“Intoxication, like sexual euphoria, is the privilege of the human animal. Sexual frenzy is our compensation for the tedious moments we must suffer in the passage of life. ‘Nothing in excess’ professed the ancient Greeks. Why, if I spend half the month in healthy scholarship and pleasant sleep, shouldn’t I be allowed the other half […]

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The Turin Erotic Papyrus – The World’s First Men’s Magazine???

 

Another step back in time.

From Wikipedia:

The Turin Erotic Papyrus (Papyrus 55001, also called the Erotic Papyrus or even Turin Papyrus) is an ancient Egyptian papyrus scroll-painting that was created during the Ramesside Period, approximately in 1150 B.C. Discovered in Deir el-Medina in the early 19th century, it has been dubbed “world’s first […]

Quote of the Day – February 25 2016

” Nothing risque, nothing gained. ”

Alexander Woollcott

2016-02-24T17:55:31+11:00February 24th, 2016|My Quote of the Day, Recent posts|0 Comments
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