Seasonal Extremes

There are always those who try to out do others at Christmas, usually in giving extravagant presents, or in the level of decorations outside their houses.

Giant Santa - Big As A House

I took this picture near where I live, and where Christmas house decoration has been getting decidedly competitive in recent years. I think this monster Santa was the easy winner.

Odds And Euro Sods

Pumpkin Face

A 23 year old girl from Castellon in Spain who had been dumped, attacked her ex-boyfriend at the market where he worked, by throwing pumpkins seeds at his face, while shouting "Take that you son of a bitch".
 

Pumpkin Face .....

While this seems an odd thing to do, there was method in her madness.

Baphomets Time Has Come

As its New Year, and this is the season for ghost stories and other satanic tales ..... I thought I might end the years posts with a story of Baphomet.

Satans Gift - Plinth Legend "Knowledge Is The Greatest Gift"

The Chicago chapter of the Temple of Satan made the news recently, when they added a four-foot statue of a snake, coiled around an outstretched arm, holding an apple to the Government building, of the US state of Illinois to mark the festive season.

Miracle Workers Of The Ancient World

All religions borrow from those that came before them ..... none arose in isolation. That's true of Judaism, Zoroastrianism and Buddhism, as well as Christianity.

Akkadians Gave To Babylon The Great Flood Story,
Utnapishtim Sailing Above The Great Flood

..... and none can truthfully claim otherwise.

Seasonal Greeting From The Tower

As is something of a tradition on this blog, we at PC Towers would like to wish the whole world a  

Dandy Annual 1967 ....

..... with a comic annual cover from my childhood. They always remind me of a more innocent age.

What A Bruiser

Recently we discussed big, Big and BIG .....

What A Bruiser! (Kangaroo Sanctuary)

But then, there is BIGGER!!

Santa Bob And Friends

T'is the season to be naughty ....

The Poster Boy For Bad Santa's - Billy Bob Thornton as 'Willie Soke' ....

At least as far as Bad Santa's are concerned. Yes its really that time of year again ..... it comes round so quickly!

Stupid Science

The 28th annual science Ig Nobel awards at Harvard university in the USA have caused the usual stir this year.

.... The winner, who has understandably gained the most press interest, was for the medical scientists who said that kidney stones could be removed, by the sufferers riding roller coasters like the infamous Wild Mouse ride in Blackpool above.

Man's Worst Friends

What Dogs are in the Western world, so Camels are in the Arab world.

Dogs And Camels Are Dangerous Friends ....

So imagine the shivers going through strong men, from Baghdad to Cairo, after scientists have warned that a virus passed by camels, could cause a pandemic in the human population.

The Poster Boys

A recent interview of President Trump in the White House  ....

A Picture Of A President? .....

.... highlighted a painting on the wall in the background.

Press Ganging

In the not so distant past, and certainly in the Nelson tradition, the Royal Navy would often resort to impressing, or press ganging men in to the service.

A Royal Navy Press Gang 1780

This often involved violence or trickery, as men were usually very reluctant to join up and just disappear for years at a time.

Registering A Dissenter

I can't say that I think of myself as a dissenter. A free thinker maybe, but dissenter no.

A Catalogue of the Severall Sects and Opinions in England and other Nations:
With a briefe Rehearsall of their false and dangerous Tenents 1647 Anno Domini

However I found myself cast in that role recently, when a letter arrived from Computershare PLC.

My Kinda Town ....

Someone decided that making a bottle of vodka worth $1.3 million made from silver, gold and diamonds was a good idea.

More Money Than Sense

Apparently it was to “woo Russian royalty, tycoons, and wealthy aficionados worldwide,” .... why is not clear to anyone who is not 'Russian royalty, tycoons, and wealthy aficionados', but there you are.

Man Spreading

Man spreading, the act be some males of the species of sitting in public spaces or travelling on public transport, with their legs wide open.

Man Spreading ... Signifies A lack Of  Confidence In Some Regards ....

Thus taking up more than their share of the limited space, and indicating that the rest of the world should admire their (usually diminutive) crotch area.

The Sins Of The Past

The US doesn't seem to be able to move on from the sins of the past ..... and no more so than in the deep south ....

The Sins Of The Past Still Haunt The USA.

A recent senatorial election race in Mississippi was won by Cindy Hyde-Smith, a woman of white heritage for the Republican Party.

Killing Sprees

“I can go into my world and do what I want to do. I won’t go into your world.”

Samuel Little  - Happy Killer.

These are the chilling words of Samuel Little, a 78 year old diabetic, who has confessed to more than 90 murders.