Around the World Pic: Disturbing Parthenon Statues at the British Museum in London

Most of what could be taken off of the Parthenon in Greece was taken off of the Parthenon in Greece by the British. Now it can be seen in the British Museum. This is one such piece, if I recall approximately a meter squared. It depicts a centaur carrying off a captured woman who he [...]

Around the World Pic: Statue of Weeping Jesus at the Oklahoma City Memorial

These pictures were taken of a statue of Jesus weeping outside of the Oklahoma City Memorial, erected in honor of the Oklahoma City bombing that happened in 1995. I was recently in OKC for my cousin’s wedding and during the day we decided to go see the memorial. This statue is supposed to recall Jesus [...]

Around the World Pic: Gypsy Children at a Romanian Train Station

As we awaited our train to Bucharest in the Brasov train station some gypsy girls came up asking us for money. We said no so they started pointing to things that we had and asking us for those instead. As it happens, Nance had some plastic bracelets and so he gave those to them which [...]

Around the World Pic: A Beautiful Mosque in Cairo, Egypt

As I’ve said before my week in Egypt was spectacular. One of the most marvelous components of the trip was the architecture – and not just that of the ancient Egyptians, but the Muslim architecture as well. There were so many enormous and beautiful mosques with their minarets rising to the skies that it was [...]

Around the World Pic: Cyrus (my cat) Next to Another Picture of Himself

For those of you who don’t know him, this is my cat, Cyrus. He’s much bigger and fluffier now. He’s standing on an open Bible next to a picture of himself up on my computer screen. The other thick-ass book behind the computer is the completed works of Aristotle (highly recommended) and then a Hebrew [...]

Around the World Pic: Camel’s in Jordan Drinking from Bottles

This was one of the sillier things I’ve seen in my day. The camel was making a whole lot of noise – honking and braying and doing lord knows what – and a bunch of tourists were watching this go down. This is at Petra, by the way, down by the Treasury. In any case, [...]

Matt Damon and I at Universal Studies Hollywood, in Los Angeles

“The City of Angels: I didn’t find it to be that exactly.” However, I did go with some friends to Universal Studios Hollywood. To be honest, it pretty much destroyed the magic for me. The moment I saw the behind the scenes stuff, it was done. I can hardly watch a movie anymore without going, [...]

Around the World Pic: New Years ’08, Rockin’ Out in J-ru

Oh, aren’t celebrations wonderful. I’m the one at the front looking backwards all confused. This is New Years ’08 – that’s right, the year before last. After all, it is January, the month of Janus, the god of doors, the god of beginnings and ends, and the god who looks forwards and backwards, and so [...]

Around the World Pic: Statue of Romulus and Remus in Rome

I love Roman and Greek mythology. I can’t say that it’s really my forte (pronounced fort whether you believe it or not), but I do enjoy it thoroughly. Do you? What’s your favorite story? Anyway, my friend Jennifer and I visited a number of museums as we traveled around western Europe, and I couldn’t have [...]

Around the World Pic: Zen-like Japanese Tea Gardens in San Francisco

Personally, I didn’t find the Japanese Tea Gardens particularly relaxing. I was being a little sour and not that thrilled to be there, but it was cold and there weren’t any great places to sit and do nothing without being asked if you wanted some Tea. But that doesn’t mean that they’re not a nice [...]