My dear friend Elaine

World Beard and Moustache Championships
I like the quality of these photographs almost as much as the facial hair itself, and furthermore I am growing some stubble as a small tribute to these lunatics.

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
Who struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury ,
Signifying nothing.

nuff said

Picture of the Day

'The moment of taking flight, when freedom dawns, when the school gate shuts behind us, the shell breaks, the chrysalis bursts, the world lies open - is it not the happiest, or the most exciting, certainly the most expectant of all our lives?'
Thomas Mann, from 'Doctor Faustus'

'The future masters of technology will have to be light-hearted and intelligent. The machine easily masters the grim and the dumb.'
Marshall McLuhan

e l e v a t o r m o o d s

'Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love, though I'd stepped in it a few times.'
Rita Rudner

Martin Parr - Photographer

'Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.'
Paul Valéry