I've tried to change it: There's a clothes shop in Italy called Pinko, and I took a pic of it hoping I could make it my Avatar, but DU doesn't like it for some reason! Ah, well, the bridge is okay. I bike across it a lot, and the view never gets old.

As for the quote at the end: Oscar Wilde said some scandalous and bitingly witty things in his life, but this one shows the idealist that lurked behind the cynic. I love it. Too true.

That said, I use the current avatar because my nephew is a Marine sniper - and definitely NOT one of those in that disgusting video. He's a good man, and I intend to do what little I can to keep him that way.

Or the one (percent).

whole family into fist bumping. But what I really love is that you can tell Obama and Michelle are still in love. It means a great deal to the planet that it is led by a person with a full heart.

I am Canadian.

aA

It is a "DU standard" that was closest to my real avatar. My real avatar is a Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara from the St. Louis Art Museum. One of my faviorite pieces as I was growing up.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1607460713554&set=a.1389817032598.2052334.1447277618&type=3&theater

Guanyin is a Buddhist deity, an enlightened being who remains in the material world to aid in the salvation of all mortals. He is portrayed here as a princely, androgynous man, wearing a tiered crown, bedecked with jewels, and richly clothed in the light, diaphanous silks of an Indian raja. The relaxed pose of Guanyin is known as "great royal ease." He leans on one arm, his knee raised to rest his long, extended arm with sensitively rendered hand and fingers. The figure, also known as the Compassionate and Merciful One, is still and composed, but there is a sense of flowing movement amid swirls of silk and soft scarves that appear to ruffle and sway as if touched by a passing breeze.

(The link to the image at the St. Louis Art Museum web site does not work)

Mine is a close-up of the inside of the UK's Pavillion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. We stood in line for two hours to get inside, so there is that and I think it works well avatar sized. The structure itself was quite interesting. Here is a short blurb about it:

But the polymer tubes held different seeds. Part of the theme behind the expo was sustainable living, so collecting and preserving the seeds was profound in its own way. Many of the pavilions focused more on the exterior structure, though the French had an amazing interior, a cool tropical rain garden and holograms, the rain garden was very welcome as I was there in September and the heat and humidity could be oppressive.

I used to have the Wisconsin "Fist" with "Solidarity" at the bottom--- but for whatever reason, it is no longer available in the selection of avatars. Anyone know where it went? Quite a few of us had it.

Thank you, Cal Peggy!

people don't remember one of the top 3 greatest comic strips in the universe?

Just trying to keep the flame alive.

I don't care about the carbon footprint, that's one flame that needs to burn!

And I really miss it too...

Hard to believe that it's been gone that long.

That's mah star.


Maybe someday I'll pony up cash for the privilege of uploading a custom avatar but then it will probably be something very metal.

Very metal indeed, Spotty!

I used to tape them off MTV back in the day but those tapes are long gone. Amazon has them though so now I know what my next discretionary spending will be.

We didn't even know if more than six shows were shot. It all felt a little unapproved. MTV had my heart back then.

It was my first BBC Britcom after Python and Fawlty. I knew who Motorhead and Madness were. I just didn't think there would be a show hip enough to incorporate them.

Get the set. Tell us how it is.

..but also love the Liberals in USA.

Gotta be because of the hat

mookie might have been more appropriate, but red's been with me for years.

it's the guy in my sig that matters to me

O-H-I-O

until then I'll stick with Beaker from the Muppet show.

Partly because I like him and partly in memory of my brother who was a science teacher/geek.

who was killed on july 19 2001, 13 days after her 21st birthday.

And an avatar would convey too much. Or maybe too little. I don't know.

The 'parent' image was actually two figures dancing, so I edited out one of them and added a colorful background.

Here's the full statement:

centaur
late 14c., from L. centaurus, from Gk. Kentauros, origin disputed. In early Greek literature they were a savage, horse-riding tribe from Thessaly; later they were monsters half horse, half man.

Marriage is a human right.

I grew up in the DC area, but partied in Bawlmer Hon.....

I prefer the Baltimore vibe to the DC vibe........DC Punk notwithstanding....

Pretty simple.

(Buchanan) along with Native American and Dutch, so I decided to honor both sides of the family by using a tiny swatch of the German Heritage tartan. I'm sneaky like that.

Well, at least I've taken the time to bribe the kids to
take the Xmas tree down.

So there's that.

...many years ago when I was writing a political column in a Brooklym zine called P5's Pussy. My column was called the Partisan Pussy.