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POPSBible-Era Mystery Vessel Found more (at source): From the objects that surrounded it, Gibson determined that the cup dated from some time between 37 B.C. and A.D. 70, when the Romans nearly destroyed Jerusalem after a Jewish revolt. Among the dig's other finds are ruins spanning the time of the founding of King Solomon's Temple, around 970 B.C., to the destruction of Jerusalem by Christian crusaders in A.D. 1099.
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POPSJumbo cane toad dined on seafood Found this one up the road a bit. 500gms is about a pound. Very adaptable, seafood is not normally part of the diet. Hope the black snakes work out a way of eating them, without being poisoned.
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POPSMar 13: It's Friday the 13th! The second Friday the 13th in 2009. Don't walk under any ladders... or let any black cats cross your path... or step on any cracks in the sidewalk... or break a mirror!
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POPSWhy Friday the 13th Is Unlucky Twelve gods were invited to a banquet at Valhalla. Loki, the Evil One, god of mischief, had been left off the guest list but crashed the party, bringing the total number of attendees to 13. True to character, Loki raised hell by inciting Hod, the blind god of winter, to attack Balder the Good, who was a favorite of the gods. Hod took a spear of mistletoe offered by Loki and obediently hurled it at Balder, killing him instantly. All Valhalla grieved. And although one might take the moral of this story to be "Beware of uninvited guests bearing mistletoe," the Norse themselves apparently concluded that 13 people at a dinner party is just plain bad luck. As if to prove the point, the Bible tells us there were exactly 13 present at the Last Supper. One of the dinner guests — er, disciples — betrayed Jesus Christ, setting the stage for the Crucifixion. Did I mention the Crucifixion took place on a Friday?
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POPSArt Comes to Life Watch this Reuters video showing South Korea's the "Alive Gallery" which transforms famous art masterpieces from 2-d images into life-like, 3-d characters. Visitors can now interact with Mona Lisa and Jesus and his disciples at the last supper.
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POPSThe Last Supper??? Stumbled Upon this blog site and loved the reworking of Da Vinci's Magnum Opus. No disrespect to anyone but look at it in the light of Pop Culture as many of the various artists did. Da Vinci (and other Artists of the Renaissance) were painting the Pop Culture of their day when there was an Inquisition or three going on, the Protestant Reformation, the Age of Exploration and the Enlightenment... OK, Popeye is no Christ but it is interesting, n'est ce pas?
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POPSBirmingham Builds Bridge to 12th Century In keeping with the image of the regressive South the Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama decided that the best way to fight a rising crime rate was to don biblical costumes and ask his invisible friend for help. Is it any wonder the rest of the nation views the South with scorn and ridicule? I live in the South and I hold that sad view too. But I do like the climate!
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POPSJacques Brel - Le Dernier Repas last verse last meal: Après mon dernier repas Je veux que l'on m'installe Assis seul comme un roi Accueillant ses vestales. Dans ma pipe je brûlerai Mes souvenirs d'enfance Mes rêves inachevés Mes restes d'espérance .. Et je ne garderai Pour habiller mon âme Que l'idée d'un rosier Et qu'un prénom de femme ... Puis je regarderai Le haut de ma colline Qui danse qui se devine Qui finit par sombrer.. Et dans l'odeur des fleurs Qui bientôt s'éteindra Je sais que j'aurai peur...... Une dernière fois.
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POPSBest Of 101TOKYO Art Fair Last week, Tokyo saw four days of exiting new art stuff in Tokyo.Fourteen Japanese and fourteen international galleries presented their artist roster.<<
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POPSSorry to what?jesus
Why is the respected Tempo apologizing over a misguided complaint? Catholics apparently took umbrage with Tempo's latest cover, which depicted Suharto and his children in a scene reminiscent of The last Supper by Da Vinci. "The painting has a deep meaning for Catholics as it's about the holy journey of Jesus and his disciples, but Tempo has disrespected it by replacing the holy persons with the corrupt Soeharto's family," Catholic Students Alumni Forum head Hermawi Taslim told The Jakarta Post. Consider the irony of the statement: An Indonesian Catholic protesting over the mistreatment of a painting by an Italian artist. If history is correct at all the painting has not factual resemblence at all to Christ and his disciples. Christ and Co. were Middle Eastern chaps, swarthy of skin, curly of hair and looks nothing like the Caucasions of Da Vinci's depiction which would be culturally insensitive if painted today. Besides so what if Tempo satirized the holy persons? Would t
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POPSDinner for Five The Last Hurrah! I did enjoy this whenever I caught it. I admire Jon Favreau and actually, I think this would be an interesting episode with Vince Vaughn and all. So you can watch it online for a bit.
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