It's On Like Kong.

A page from my upcoming children book “Le Petit loup Rouge” (The little red wolf) ~( *V*)~

(cries for lack of captions)

...a Christmas story by the author of Pippi Longstocking.

The Tomten and the Fox 

re: chromophobia... of course these chromophobes idolized a Greek/Roman past full of cool white marble.... which we've since discovered was actually a gaudily painted riot of color!

OMG!!! I FORGET PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THIS!

Yes, all those aloof, “pure” white statues from Ancient Greece?

They actually looked like this:

Vinzenz Brinkmann, much to the apparent chagrin of Westerners everywhere, used ultraviolet light to reveal the original paint schemes of these statues that the millennia had washed away.

And to underscore the Chromophobia?

Check out this graphic that i09 made for their leading image for this story:

You can check out a video here to learn more about the methods used to discover the original paint schemes of these statues and reliefs.

Zoë Bell  is a New Zealand stuntwoman and actress. Some of her most notable stunt work includes doubling for Lucy Lawless on Xena: Warrior Princess and for Uma Thurman in Kill Bill. 

As an actress, she has appeared both on television and in feature films and also starred in the web series Angel of Death. Other works include : Oblivion, Death Proof, Kill Bill, Gamer, Inglorious Bastards, Whip It! and Django Unchained.

#bookherd #the joan watson show #will she read this post? #or will she scroll past it REAL FAST because she doesn't want to be spoiled? #heheh #can we discuss her with impunity?? #PERHAPS WE CAN

no

yeah, sure, blah blah blah Clyde and bikinis and nude beaches, but handstand pushups? I fall over just trying to imagine doing one of those.

Female Sailor blind in one eye reveals how she got her male attire and gig aboard the ship by going “”to a dealer in sailor’s clothes, enjoining upon him the utmost secrecy, who furnished me with sufficient clothing, and rendered me every assistance in his power to forward the object I had in view. He even procured me employment on board of a vessel which was soon to sail for New Orleans, and whispered a good word for me to the captain of the vessel.” (1841)

Image courtesy of American Antiquarian Society

No, really.

::waves!::

Just October.  I think you should go hear UKL!

Bookherd is staying with us for the month (wave hello to bookherd!), 

Vixen by Henrik Nilsson