Look closely at this picture:

One of these people pinned one of the others to the ground and held a knife to their throat.
Which one held the knife?
Look closely at this picture:

One of these people pinned one of the others to the ground and held a knife to their throat.
Which one held the knife?
Just reading about this made a part of my anatomy itch (and no, it wasn’t my trigger-finger):
A new, highly contagious sexually transmitted infection that has been spreading throughout Europe and elsewhere has now arrived on U.S. soil.
A case report published Wednesday in JAMA Dermatology revealed that a man in his 30s from New York City contracted a nasty skin infection after weeks of travel. During his time away from home, he engaged in sexual intercourse with multiple men during trips to England, Greece, and California.
When he got back, he developed a rash on his genitals, buttocks, and limbs.
Genetic testing on skin lesions identified the culprit as a fungal infection known as Trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII (TMVII), a sexually-transmitted form of ringworm. According to the CDC, TMVII VII is a difficult-to-treat fungus that causes skin disease in animals and humans and is acquired through sexual contact.
The emphasized words say it all, really. I’m thinking “Greek goats” as the origin, but it could equally be Welsh sheep. As for California, it could be anything Kardashian.
I report, you decide.
Today, we’re going to go all classical and stuff:

So:













And signing off with some more res classica, from Giuseppe Boldini:




Now get out of bed and head off to work:

I’ve featured her before, here and there, but not in depth (so to speak). So here’s Italy’s worthy successor to Sophia and Gina: Monica Bellucci. I was going to start with young Monica and work my way up [ahem] to the present day, but like Sophia and Gina, La Monica is pretty much astounding at any age. So I’ll just do a monochrome set first, and leave the color for another time. Okay?


Que bella.
If you could be transported back in time to any five historical events, which ones would you choose to witness?
Assume that it would be in your mind’s eye only, so you could not be involved in, change or be physically affected by the event, and you could come back to the present at any point you wished. Also assume, though, that you could take photographs (or videos) to prove that you were there and what you saw.
Mine are below the fold.
