 | Last login: 4 hours agoBrian is a 60 year old married guy from Hitchin, England, UK. I like looking on the bright side. I relate very much to the Mediterranean extended-family, take-it-slow, money-isn't-everything outlook on life. I'm not a great cook but I like cooking, especially Mediterranean food. I'm interested in environmental issues. My main hobby is flying (on a PC simulator).
The people I admire most are those who see no end to pain, illness, grief or disability and who still retain a sense of humour, people who spend time making life better for others in any way, and people with toxic parents who have "broken the chain" in bringing up their own children.
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- WELCOME! These pages try to show what is beautiful or interesting or entertaining in life and in nature, and highlight some developments in science and technology that benefit people and the environment. You will also find introductions to many good stumblers here, and hopefully some interesting links and a few laughs!
P.S. Even though sex can be beautiful and/or entertaining, and is always interesting, there is no "adult" stuff on these pages. It's only fair to warn you.
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A SPECIAL WORD OF APPRECIATION to those of you who take the trouble to identify (and/or provide links that will get to) the authors of photos, paintings and other works of art, and who thank other people for stuff that you borrow or for giving you a nice review. As far as I am concerned, whether you have 1 fan or 1,000 fans, people like you are the real "Top Stumblers".
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IMAGE SEARCHES - If you are looking for good images that stumblers have already found, or new images in various categories, I have some suggested sites and image searches that you may find useful. Try image-searches-art, image-searches-photos, or image-searches. These are tag lists that I add to from time to time.
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HELP FOR STUMBLERS - Here is some essential reading, including some excellent guides, and some examples of HTML for hyperlinks and for laying out images and text (that work for both IE and Firefox).
See also "Subscribing to interesting stumblers" and "Friends & subscribers - what has changed?".
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TRANSLATION - comes in useful sometimes! - Google Language Tools (now include Polish)
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 WHITE RABBITS - If you're pressed for time, and you would like a quick sample of what I think are the best of these pages, then click the White Rabbit!
Alternatively, click the chevrons (>>) below for a different quick tour of my personal favourites, and keep following the chevrons as you go.
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 MISCELLANEOUS RAMBLES - You can reach my articles or photoblogs that aren't about web sites (which can't have tags in SU), e.g. Visit to the English Lake District, from here.
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- Gone Fishing by ~eapcat on deviantART
 6:08am  (2 reviews) childhood, watercolour, life-values http://eapcat.deviantart.com/art/Gone-Fi...
"Gone Fishing" by ~eapcat
Found on the always delightful pages of my friend (and gold stumbler) chaotiqual
This will be my last post for a couple of weeks or so - I'm not going fishing, but I am off to a nice lake in the mountains!
BTW: if you like this picture, you will probably like the rest of my posts with the same tags (click each tag at the top of this post).
- dak2cools favorite web sites - StumbleUpon
- 5:46am (128 reviews) stumblers, fantasy-art, surreal-art http://dak2cool.stumbleupon.com/
"Sunny Day" by Vladimir Kush
Dak2cool's pages are a real delight - she has a large variety of beautiful and interesting stuff, including many good reviews of other stumblers. A lengthy visit is strongly recommended!
- A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim - Google Search
- 3:13am (1 review) music, musicals, entertainment, theatre http://www.google.com/search?q=A%20Littl...
Until recently I had never seen Stephen Sondheim's musical "A Little Night Music", and was unaware of what a treat I had been missing.
I was lucky enough to see this production at the Garrick Theatre, London. "Sublime" is an over-worked word, but it certainly applies in this case. Directed by Tevor Nunn, its wonderful cast included Maureen Lipman on deliciously top form as Madame Armfeldt, Hannah Waddingham as Desirée Armfeldt, Alexander Hanson as Fredrik Egerman and Kaisa Hammarlund as the saucy, free-spirited Petra.
"A Little Night Music" is probably best known for the song "Send In The Clowns". Sung by Desirée to (and with) Fredrik, it is even more stunning in the context of the play, and Hannah Waddingham's performance of it is one that I shall always remember. The other songs don't make sense unless seen in the play's context, but include some that are equally brilliant.
"A Little Night Music" is based on Ingmar Bergman's movie "Smiles Of A Summer Night", which was itself inspired in part by Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
From this review of the movie:
"The summer night has three smiles," one character says to his lover. The first comes "between midnight and dawn, when young lovers open their hearts and loins." The second smile is for "the jesters, the fools and the incorrigible." And the third smile is for "the sad and dejected, for the sleepless and lost souls, for the frightened and the lonely."
Ingmar Bergman's movie is available on DVD, but there is currently no decent movie version of Stephen Sondheim's musical (I am told that the one starring Elizabeth Taylor is not recommended). If you haven't seen the musical on stage and get a chance to, don't miss it... and if you are in reach of London, there is a very rare treat waiting for you!
- Portraits : Sollune
- Jul 1, 2:18am (1 review) drawing, music http://sollune.carbonmade.com/projects/2...
Jimi Hendrix, drawn by my friend and fellow-Stumbler sollune
Louis has a great blog (see my review here), and is a talented artist as well. It has been too long since I last visited him!
- greenmelodys favorite web sites - StumbleUpon
- Jun 29, 4:24am (9 reviews) stumblers, glamour http://greenmelody.stumbleupon.com/
"It's goodbye"
Wonderful sad, pensive portraits of the French model and actress Laetitia Casta by John D. Moulton
Found among many beautiful selections from Greenmelody, to whom I was introduced here by my friend (and gold stumbler par excellence) Alison.
Do give Greenmelody a visit!
- Michael Jackson - Gone Too Soon - Video, free listening, & lyrics at Last...
- Jun 29, 3:27am (2 reviews) music, michael-jackson http://www.last.fm/music/Michael%20Jacks...
Michael Jackson: Gone Too Soon
This beautiful song is dedicated to Ryan White, a young victim of AIDS who Michael befriended prior to his death. Michael performed this song at the ball for former President Bill Clinton's first inauguration on January 20, 1993, where he highlighted the importance of supporting research for a cure to this disease.
Thanks so much to my friend Sandy for this poignant memory of a great, sad talent.
Sandy also recommended this beautiful video: Michael Jackson: Childhood - if you miss him, it might well make you cry.
- Santorine Art Gallery | Tzamia-Krystalla Art Gallery
- Jun 27, 3:03am (1 review) painting, seascape, abstract, greece, landscape http://www.tzamia-krystallagallery.gr/ga...
"Images of an unknown land" by Giannis Lasithiotakis
"Landscape" by Anna Grigora
Some great examples of Greek contemporary art - an unexpected bonus from following up Santorini links in a previous post!
If you like this...
[Santorini by Doug Dourgarian]
[Some of my favourite abstract art]
- Spirit I am
- Jun 26, 7:32am (12 reviews) gospel-music, music, video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LTYmFMQ-...
Wonderful uplifting music by Eric Bibb. Thanks to my friend (and gold stumbler) bel-vedere for this introduction to a great singer.
If you haven't heard Eric before and you like this one, check out his web site where you can hear more of his work (currently featuring tracks from his album Get Onboard).
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