Sunday, February 27, 2011
But where is Black Wade?
I have a large cabin with a great view, and all that is needed now is a pirate attack with a band of swarthy muscular brutes taking over the ship. Oh well. I guess it's time to go and check out the sauna and swimming pool area...
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
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| Kullervo´s curse, 1899 |
A mistreated and abused orphan, the beautiful Kullervo curses everyone around him. One by one, the curse first brings down and kills the culprits, then the innocent, and in the end takes his life as well.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Bradley Manning
If you wish to donate to the legal defense for Bradley Manning, you can do it through the non-profit military veterans advocacy group Courage to Resist
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
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| Lemminkäinen´s mother, 1897 |
Lemminkäinen´s mother, having searched heaven and earth for her missing son, finally discovers that he has drowned in the River of Underworld, in the realm of the dead. But she doesn´t give up... the story from the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic which was passed on orally from generation to generation, here
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Corbin Fisher is outing gay teens to make a fast buck
The porn studio Corbin Fisher is suing 40 000 illegal downloaders based on their I.P. addresses, meaning that the envelopes will also go to the parents of kids who have been watching porn through the home internet connection. We all know the trouble lots of kids end up in when their parents inadvertently find out about their sexual orientation. The studio´s answer to questions about the potential trouble : "With respect to this meme of gay teens, we find it laughable."
Needless to say, Corbin Fisher definitely won´t get any more promos from this blog.
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I read some more about this story, and found out that the studio calls these "laughable" teenagers "thieving little shits" and claims having donated "majority of hundreds of thousands of dollars in settlements" to non-profit LGBT organizations which, once asked, had never heard of the whole thing.
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I read some more about this story, and found out that the studio calls these "laughable" teenagers "thieving little shits" and claims having donated "majority of hundreds of thousands of dollars in settlements" to non-profit LGBT organizations which, once asked, had never heard of the whole thing.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Finnish art: Akseli Gallen-Kallela
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| The defense of the Sampo, 1896 |
Since 99,99% of my readers are non-Finns, I thought I might post some characteristic Finnish art here. The first one portrays a moment from the Finnish mythology, the defense of the Sampo, a magical device capable of producing wealth but also a symbol for the stellar dome and the pole star. The large version of the image is quite interesting. More of the myth here
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