Monthly Archives: March 2014

March 29, 2014 · 10:50 pm

Cosplay Pictures for Your Saturday

More cosplay pictures for your enjoyment!

: Marvel-ous

: Mike Syfritt and Victoria Paeg

: Old school Batgirl

: Hulk and She-Hulk

: Kawaii!

: Twilek dancer

: Katy Mor as Wonder Woman

: Mad Moxie

: Spawn

: Daenarys Targareon

: Pulp Fiction, Toni Darling far right

: Toni Darling heating up the cold war

: Robin

: Super Girl

: Lindsay Elyse

: Pirate

: Drow Elf

: Who you gonna call?

: Character bunnies

: Christine Johnson as Batgirl

: Spidey spandex

: Vamptress LeeAnna Vamp right

: Gotham City

: Margie Vicarra Cox as Princess Diana – Wonder Woman’s real identity

: High elf

: Steampunk

: Steampunk/Dieselpunk

: Steampunkers from Arizona – my friends

: Vamptress LeeAnna Vamp as Freddy Krueger

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March 26, 2014 · 10:24 pm

More Photos of Abandoned Cities (haikyo)

As an ongoing interest I post pictures of abandoned areas which have their own creepy art to them. The form of photography is sometimes referred to as haikyo, or ruins, in Japanese, based on the original photographs of the abandoned amusement parks there.

Haunting Photos Of Abandoned Cities Around The World

There are more abandoned cities than you’d think. But they’re also probably at least as creepy as you would imagine in your nightmares. Take a look at these ghost towns and get even more close and personal with Chernobyl Diaries, Now Playing. posted on May 4, 2012 at 6:07pm EDT

Chernobyl Diaries BuzzFeed Partner posted about a year ago

Haunting Photos Of Abandoned Cities Around…

Chernobyl Diaries

Pripyat, Ukraine
Site of the infamous Chernobyl incident, the entire city had to be abandoned in 1986 due to nuclear radiation.

Via Flickr: 45103502@N08

Via Flickr: ch0jin

Via Flickr: 45103502@N08

Via witness-this.com

Via uncommonsensepro.webs.com

Via onlyhdwallpapers.com

Via justwalkedby.com

Sanzhi District, Taiwan
The “Sanzhi UFO houses” were a major development project for some pretty unusual-looking vacation homes, which was abandoned in 1978 before it could be completed. The site was demolished in 2008, and is now being redeveloped.

Via Flickr: dans180

Via Flickr: 764000

Via Flickr: yusheng

Craco, Italy
Craco was a medieval village built high up on a steep summit for defensive reasons, but recurring earthquakes eventually made it impossible to sustain. Today, less than 800 people live there in a commune, while the majority remains eerily uninhabited.

Via Flickr: antoniofrancesco

Via Flickr: ozio-bao

Via Flickr: storytravelers

Kolmanskop, Namibia
Formerly a bustling diamond mining town, after the market declined, inhabitants began leaving the town after WWI; by 1954, it was completely deserted. As it was an enclave for German colonialists for many years, the architecture is not only out of place, but its abandonment enhances it even more.

Via Flickr: 29790613@N05

Via Flickr: michael_toye

Via Flickr: 11954252@N00

Via Flickr: biancaspics

Oradour-sur-Glane, France
Oradour-sur-Glane was a village destroyed by a German military unit in 1944, killing 642 of its inhabitants. Although a new village was built nearby to replace it, today the original village stands as a memorial.

Via davemeehan.com

Via Flickr: bencope

Via Flickr: jeromecousin

Via davemeehan.com

Via fr.fotopedia.com

Centralia, Pennsylvania
Centralia was once a prosperous mining town, but in 1962 a mine fire broke out, which continues to burn off the coal underground to this day. As a result, its population is 10 as of 2010, making it one of the least-populated municipalities in Pennsylvania.

Via Flickr: kaanah

Via Flickr: kicey

Via Flickr: jeremyes

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March 26, 2014 · 7:46 pm

Random Humor

Random Humor for your enjoyment. Sorry about the slow posts this week, been dealing with a lot of stuff…sigh…

: Why?

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March 22, 2014 · 5:14 pm

Unusual Map Information

Here are a few maps I am reposting from a map site that I found interesting:

: Most common last name in the US

: Most common last names in Europe

: Interesting that almost all humans live around the middle of the Earth and in East Asian Longitudes

: For you researchers out there.

: England has joined the former Soviet Union for hardest drinkers

: Over half the world population lives in that one circle.

: All of the highest paid public employees in the United States are at colleges, and most are coaches…sigh

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March 22, 2014 · 4:35 pm

Cosplay Pictures for Your Saturday

Cosplay pictures for your Saturday. Enjoy!

: Scary

: Rafael, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

: Black Widow

: Bossk, the Trandoshan Bounty Hunter from Star Wars

: The Shining…

: A Gamorrean from Star Wars surrounded by Deadpools

: Emma Frost

: Star Trek Bunnies – far right Vamptress LeeAnna Vamp

: Catwoman

: More Star Trek bunny pictures…

: Wampas

: Dark Siders have all the bad girls

: Batman and Cable from X-Men

: Mortal Kombat

: Mortal Kombat, Jessica Nigri Center

: X-Men meets Charlie Chaplin

: Black Cat

: Very cool

: Darth Vader force chokes those meddling kids from Scooby Doo

: Terminator

: Despicable Me with Minion

: Cool makeup

: Liz Katz

: Star Wars Old Republic Villain

: Naga

: Steampunk – Diana Given far right

: More force choking

: Jessica Nigri as Link from Legend of Zelda

: Amy Wilder, steampunk, next to Iron Man

: Those eyes are amazing

: Cara Nicole

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March 22, 2014 · 3:22 pm

A Dog and His Blanket

One of my dogs, Barclay, the playful Shi-Tzu can make a game of anything. His favorite toy right now is his red blanket. He lays on it like a pillow like most dogs, but he also makes it into a fort draping it over the couch and coffee table. He also covers himself and has you fight with him while he can’t see. You tap his paws or face and he bites at the hidden intruder. My favorite though is when he plays Little Red Blanky Hood.

Barclay wears his red blanket like a hooded cloak. He could be a Jedi knight, a superhero, little red riding hood, whatever. I am not sure what goes through his mind, but he loves it. He is at this very moment fighting with my wife under his blanky. Here is a picture, and no, it is not posed. He does this himself…

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March 17, 2014 · 11:40 am

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec can be seen for free on Netflix and I recommend it. It is subtitled in English, being a French film, but that does not detract from the whimsical nature. Though set in the early 1900s, it has a Steampunk flair to it. The lead is Adele Blanc-Sec, a female adventurer similar to Indiana Jones. The film includes pterodactyls, mummies, mysticism, action and lots of humor. It keeps up the light tone throughout and is fun for all. A family could easily watch as it would be rated most likely G or PG-13.

: One of the scenes in an underground tomb

: The comic book it is derived from.

: The movie poster

From Wikipedia:

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (French: Les Aventures extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec), released as Adèle: Rise of the Mummy in Malaysia and Singapore,^[6] is a 2010 French fantasy adventure feature film written and directed by Luc Besson. It is loosely based on the comic book series of the same name by Jacques Tardi and, as in the comic, follows the eponymous writer and a number of recurring side characters in a succession of far-fetched incidents in 1910s Paris and beyond, in this episode revolving around parapsychology and ultra-advanced Ancient Egyptian technology, which both pastiche and subvert adventure and speculative fiction of the period. The primarily live-action film, shot in Super 35,^[10] incorporates much use of computer animation to portray its fanciful elements and contemporary action film special and visual effects within the form of the older-style adventure films they have largely superseded.

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March 17, 2014 · 5:55 am

Cute Dogs for Your Monday Blues

Cute dog pictures to cheer up your Monday…

: Han Solo and Chewbacca

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March 16, 2014 · 9:09 pm

Steampunk Photos by Paul Davis

The following are Steampunk photographs taken during the Wild Wild West Con 3 at Old Tucson Studios in Tucson, Arizona. They were taken by Paul Davis of Paul Davis Photography and reposted here by his permission. As you know, Steampunk is the science fiction from the Age of Steam, roughly 1830-1900 or during the Victorian Era in England and the period in the United States that saw the Civil War, Indian Wars and the Wild West. WWWC3 is the only Steampunk event held in a rebuilt period western town. Over 300 movies and TV series have been filmed at Old Tucson Studios and the event is planned by the Arizona Steampunk Society, of which I am a proud member. Enjoy!

http://www.pauldavisphotography.com/