The Piper At the Gates of Dawn

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My first-born son is going to be named Alcibiades.  

My first-born son is going to be named Alcibiades.  

History meme:  3 men -  ALCIBIADES was an Athenian general (ca....

History meme:  3 men -  ALCIBIADES was an Athenian general (ca. 450-404 B.C.) who served Athens and its enemies alike and caused damage to every state that employed him.

Alcibiades was the son of a brilliant but unstable politician; wealthy, handsome, and aristocratic, he was brought up in the house of his guardian, Pericles, and groomed for a political career. He had every possible advantage and in addition possessed exceptional charm and ability as a conversationalist, thinker, and diplomat. Entering politics in the wartime atmosphere of the Peloponnesian War, he represented youth and became an intimate of the teacher of young men, Socrates. In 420 B.C., during an uneasy peace with Sparta, by clever tactics he drove Athens into an alliance against Sparta which failed completely and caused Athens to conduct an ostracism. Even in the permissive society of his day, Alcibiades became known for his extravagant and reckless behavior, and the distrust he aroused wrecked his career. In 415 B.C. he was the prime mover of the proposal to attack Syracuse and, together with Nicias and Lamachus, commanded the naval expedition to Sicily. He was soon recalled on charges of having profaned the Mysteries and of having mutilated religious statues (hermae) in a drunken spree on the eve of the fleet's departure. Alcibiades escaped, reached Sparta, and became a Spartan military adviser. Once there, he fell into disfavor with the Spartan king whose wife he seduced. Subsequently he transferred his services to Persia and then to Athenian antidemocratic extremists, with whom he planned a coup d'etat in Athens. When he failed to obtain Persia's aid, they discontinued to support him and seized power in Athens without him. After the Peloponnesian War, Sparta demanded his head, and he was assassinated while a fugitive in Phrygia. 

back-alley-sally: richardmaddeness: So The Borgias has been cancelled. ARE YOU FLIPPIN KIDDING...

back-alley-sally:

richardmaddeness:

So The Borgias has been cancelled.

ARE YOU FLIPPIN KIDDING ME

i pray there is a special circle of hell reserved for jerkwads who cancel good shows

WELL NOW IM PISSED 

tamburina: Bardot

tamburina:

Bardot

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ungoliantschilde: Barry Windsor Smith, prints from the...

ungoliantschilde:

Barry Windsor Smith, prints from the Gorblimey Press,
circa 1978

-King Arthur Pendragon. The lord of Camelot, wielder of Excalibur, and Patriarch of British Empirism.
-Sir Galahad, the Perfect Knight (Illegitimate son of Sir Launcelot, and most probably a Jesus Allegory from Arthurian Legends)
-Sir Launcelot du Lake, son of King Ban of Benwick, Knight of the Round Table, and the greatest Swordsman of the Arthurian Tales.

lonesome-era: if you think it's okay to send around intimate pictures of your ex because you're...

lonesome-era:

if you think it's okay to send around intimate pictures of your ex because you're bitter about the breakup and feel the need to get back at them, you're scum.

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exxxpert cosmo tips: cosmo tip #699

exxxpert cosmo tips: cosmo tip #699:

expertcosmotips:

The fact that so many books still name the Beatles "the greatest or most significant or most influential" rock band ever only tells you how far rock music still is from becoming a serious art. Jazz critics have long recognized that the greatest jazz musicians of all times are Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, who were not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all times. Classical critics rank the highly controversial Beethoven over classical musicians who were highly popular in courts around Europe. Rock critics are still blinded by commercial success: the Beatles sold more than anyone else (not true, by the way), therefore they must have been the greatest. Jazz critics grow up listening to a lot of jazz music of the past, classical critics grow up listening to a lot of classical music of the past. Rock critics are often totally ignorant of the rock music of the past, they barely know the best sellers. No wonder they will think that the Beatles did anything worth of being saved.

another new cheetah gurl dress. i'm obsessed.

another new cheetah gurl dress. i'm obsessed.

atrocious 

atrocious 

what does it feel like to break a toe?  i think i fucked mine up pretty bad.  

what does it feel like to break a toe?  i think i fucked mine up pretty bad.  

oxycontinent: fukkkres: i need at least 3 more mummy movies out of brendan fraser "here we go...

oxycontinent:

fukkkres:

i need at least 3 more mummy movies out of brendan fraser

"here we go again; again!"

history meme → one war {French Revolution} French Revolution...

history meme → one war {French Revolution}

French Revolution (1789–1799), was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France that had a lasting impact on French history and more broadly throughout Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed within three years. French society underwent an epic transformation, as feudal, aristocratic and religious privileges evaporated under a sustained assault from radical left-wing political groups, masses on the streets, and peasants in the countryside.[1] Old ideas about tradition and hierarchy regarding monarchs, aristocrats, and the Catholic Church were abruptly overthrown by new principles of Liberté, égalité, fraternité (liberty, equality and fraternity). The royal houses across Europe were horrified and led a countercrusade that by 1814 had restored the old monarchy, but many major reforms became permanent. So too did antagonisms between the supporters and enemies of the Revolution, who fought it out politically over the next two centuries.

10 Ways To Embrace the Sexy Wife God Made You To Be

10 Ways To Embrace the Sexy Wife God Made You To Be:

7. Ask the Father to give you the heart of the Shulamite Woman (for Him and for your husband) as you study the Song of Solomon.

marriedtotheseacomics: Turn my violas. From Married To The Sea.

marriedtotheseacomics:

Turn my violas. From Married To The Sea.

"Do not chase people. Be you and do your own thing and work hard. The right people who belong in your..."

"Do not chase people. Be you and do your own thing and work hard. The right people who belong in your life will come to you, and stay."

- Wu Tang Clan (via the-healing-nest)

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