Tag: Things of beauty

Art, music, whatever

Scandal

Gratuitous Chick Pics

I see that Miss Denmark won the Miss Universe 2024 competition, beating off out several people who had no business being there, e.g. trannies, married women (did the “Miss” part not give it away?), and in a moment of pure confusion, Joe Biden.

However:  in the “national costume” part of the competition, Victoria Kjær Theilvig made a HUGE mistake, in dressing as a Viking goddess.

I mean, was she not aware that Vikings had a terrible reputation for invading and (gasp) colonizing other countries?  (“Pillaging” is okay, see BLM riots, and besides, most of the pillagees were eeeevil Christianists anyway.)  And then there was the raping, which was pretty much a side benefit of the invading activity.

Did she not know that wearing such a costume would trigger the collective memory of women all over Western Europe, causing heartfelt anguish?

I’m amazed that all the affected countries aren’t calling for the Danish government to pay reparations.  Well, I would be amazed, except that Europeans seem to have come to terms with the fact that all this happened a really long time ago, all the perpetrators (and their victims) have long since died, and expecting reparations would be a truly foolish idea.

But that’s not what prompted me to write this post;  this did:

I haven’t seen all her competitors, but I’m pretty sure that the trannies and such didn’t look half as good as she does.

It’s a good thing that all Viking women didn’t look like this back in the day, or else ol’ Leif Erikson and the other boss Vikings would have had a hell of a time finding enough men to go off and do the invading / pillaging / exploring thing.

Random Totty

Gratuitous Chick Pics

Here’s a lass named Wendy Glenn, who joined some Brit soap opera or other as a youngin, and stayed on for decades:

 

She even inspired some bloke to paint a pic of her:

And I have to say that now, some decades later, she’s still quite toothsome:

Now THAT’S An Ally

Diplomacy, Politics

In contrast to that asshole Commie Xi (see post above), I note that my current political crush EytiePM Giorgia Meloni called DJT to congratulate him on beating off [sic]  the Dark Side:

The conversation was “an opportunity to confirm the solid alliance, the strategic partnership and the deep and historic friendship that have always tied Rome and Washington,” she said.

During the phone call we expressed “our willingness to work in close coordination on all major international affairs, with the common goal of promoting stability and security, also in the framework of relations with the European Union,” she added.

The two agreed to “stay in close contact,” Meloni noted, to continue strengthening their “already excellent bilateral relations, founded on shared values ​​and principles.”

“Shared principles” include kicking out illegal migrants and hating on the mainstream Commie media.

Just to remind everyone of whom we speak:

My favorite international political hottie wasn’t finished:

Donald Trump was not the sole recipient of Meloni’s congratulations, which she also extended to billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, with whom she has had an ongoing rapport.

“In the past few hours I have spoken with my friend Elon Musk,” Meloni wrote on social media Thursday. “I am convinced that his commitment and vision will be an important resource for the United States and Italy, in a spirit of collaboration aimed at addressing future challenges.”

Musk has been an outspoken fan of Italy’s first female prime minister, declaring that she is “even more beautiful on the inside than she is on the outside,” on the occasion of presenting her with the Global Citizen Award on behalf of the Atlantic Council, a progressive American think tank, this past September.

Meloni “has done an incredible job as prime minister of Italy,” leading the country to “record economic growth and employment,” Musk said at the time.  “She is also authentic, honest, and sincere, something that cannot always be said of politicians,” Musk declared at the New York meeting.

Okay, so I’m not the only one with a crush on la nostra Giorgia.

Missing The Cold

Beauty, Weather

From Reader Joe Donuts (probably a pseudonym):

“Your wallpaper got me pondering as do many of your posts about what used to be Great Britain.  I spent most of my 20 plus years in Uncle Sam’s Traveling Air Circus stationed in East Anglia. Miss it terribly and shudder at what it, and the rest of Europe, has become.

“Fall left here last week.  The snow has been on the ground since Monday and is here to stay until late April. I’ve woken to single digit temps the last day or two; they’ll have a negative sign soon enough. Call me odd, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

Nor would I.  Possibly the strangest thing is that as much as I wouldn’t live pretty much anywhere in the North that I used to (Chicago, New Jersey etc.), I do miss the seasons thereof.

I loved the spring:  the way that one day it’s brown and ugly after the snow has melted, and a week later the trees are in full bloom and the grass has somehow recovered after being buried in snow for a few months and is now green again;  the joy of a warm, occasionally-hot summer when it feels good to be outside and life just seems more worth living after the February-April dreariness;  of the fall, where the trees change from uniform green into a kaleidoscope of many colors and the sweaty heat of summer is replaced with cooler temperatures;  and finally, that first snowfall, the beauty of the white covering over everything and the incredible hush that falls after the snow has fallen…

I miss it all, terribly.

And yes, I know that raking the leaves is a pain in the ass, that shoveling snow every morning at 6am in sub-freezing temperatures can become tiresome, and that after the snow has more or less melted away in the late winter/early spring that everything looks dirty and ugly.

As the man said:   “Show me paradise and I’ll buy us the tickets.”

Wallpaper

Beauty, Weather

This doesn’t count as a post, but I thought I’d share my Fall wallpaper with y’all.  I think it’s somewhere in England, but it could equally be somewhere in New England.  Whatever.  Right-click to embiggen and/or save for yourself.

“Why Fall wallpaper, Kim?”

We had our first cold-ish snap of the season last Wednesday… 49°F when New Wife went off to work.  Sure as hell beat the 85°F at the same time during the week before.