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When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: ‘Whose?’ Don Marquis

benbinbenben — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:34:00 +0000

Super-rich woman in money coat.

loved this image from a news paper article today. so i looked up the photographer, nick ballon. check out his site, it gets even better.

nick ballon photography. recent_work

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/feb/24/ why-super-rich-love-ukwhy-super-rich-love-uk

britain. highs & and lows.

benbinbenben — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 08:48:34 +0000

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Beaumont Quay, Essex. 30 and 31 August 2011. High water 2.10pm, low water 7.40amPhotograph: Michael Marten

Ins and outs: Michael Marten photographs the difference the tide makesNow you see it… Now you don’t. Robert Macfarlane marvels at Michael Marten’s photographs of Britain’s coastline at high and low tide

dingo baby case (coroners court) reopened in australia today so i’m re-blogging ‘the bingo took my baby’

benbinbenben — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:53:10 +0000

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17150393

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azaria_Chamberlain_disappearance

New inquest into baby’s ‘dingo’ death (news.blogs.cnn.com)
Coroner tries to solve mystery: Did dingo kill baby? (ctv.ca)
VIDEO: Dingo baby case re-opens in court (bbc.co.uk)

extra large and fits like a glove. today is dingo day.

benbinbenben — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:37:32 +0000

extremely loud and incredibly close. did you like it? yes. no………… yes!

benbinbenben — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:51:13 +0000

it was only when the credits rolled that i saw for certain that this was a daldry movie, the lead, thomas horn, is quite like jamie bell, and his movements similarly choreographed to those in billy elliot, which gave it away. i do hope they do not make a musical out of this one. thomas captured the total sense of being adrift in a confusing unjust world so familiar to me from my childhood, especially in the direction of the scenes where aspergers takes over in a physical and vocal release, or in it’s silent withdrawal. max von sydow‘s mute, slow and damaged, long lost grand-dad, in contrast to the noise and brittle drive of the aspergic boy is fabulous, almost like a ghost of christmas yet to come. loved it.

extremelyloudandincrediblyclose.warnerbros.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_Loud_and_Incredibly_Close by Jonathan Safran Foer extremely-loud-incredibly-close

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: why do so many people hate it?

‘Tacky’, ‘mawkish’, ‘offensive’, ‘bizarre’: just what is it about Stephen Daldry‘s adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel that has provoked such negativity?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2012/feb/20/extremely-loud-incredibly-close

have asperger, loved the film.
as a child in 70′s wales, there was no aspergers, just awkward children (and mothers).
being able to watch the portrayal, even if sometimes uncomfortably, of a child like i had been, rather than the crew of the famous five or of other cutsey kids is refreshing. i think such characters may help others who grew up in a period before ‘types’ were given identities, to come to terms with the things that set them apart as a child.
asperger like states, often drive one to question volubly when others fear to speak due to convention etc, so using a child with a recognised character type to fly in the face of accepted behaviour, may encourage those with more sheep like behaviour to question rational .

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (noframeof.wordpress.com)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – review (guardian.co.uk)
Cinema & Film: Film Review: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (coventrytelegraph.net)
…agree to disagree (the2womancrusade.com)
Marshall Fine: Movie review: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (huffingtonpost.com)

i heart ant and depp.

benbinbenben — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:38:13 +0000

the highwayman and the libertine.

old people

benbinbenben — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:14:17 +0000

two queens of the twentieth century. mr beaton and lillibet. portraits on a theme.

benbinbenben — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:46:44 +0000

“What is elegance? Soap and water!”
cecil beaton.

tonight’s good night picture, is clearly not a photograph i have taken. this is ‘turkish bath’ by ingres. i love this painting very much. it was for years a feature in my home, all be it a well framed poster from the louvre. i especially love the crazy tits on the central figure.

benbinbenben — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:16:53 +0000

poor woman. rowan williams should not be wished on any woman, he is such a spineless, witless, fool!

benbinbenben — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:40:24 +0000

a queen, an old duke, and four men in dresses. what do they talk about?