Meanwhile, Over At Radley Balko's Place...

...Radley links to a gallery he made of a memento park in Budapest, Hungary, where the Hungarians placed all of the Soviet-era statuary that had accumulated, rather than destroy it, as happened throughout the rest of the former Soviet Bloc countries.

Even a gift shop, and I note with amusement that you can buy McDonald's-branded shirts there. Apparently that's a fashion statement in Budapest.

Sample pic:

Gallery: Not Yer Grandfather's Battle of Trafalgar

A humorous and well-executed commentary on contemporary UK using porcelain figurines, posed as one might encounter them in London's Trafalgar Square.

See also Hoodies In Porcelain by the same artist. He explains a bit more of his work here.

My apologies for no pics, but the Telegraph appears to have changed their image settings to prevent downloading of images.

UK Telegraph Gallery of the Day

Frogs in jewel-like shades of gold and sapphire; underwear-stealing Capuchin Monkeys; venomous treetop vipers; insects like thorny sticks. All photographed in Panama by a man resembling Tarzan with the improbable name of Guido Sterkendries.

Probably the loveliest photographs I've seen so far this year. Go look, please.

Strangest Calendars

A gallery from the UK Telegraph:

A few samples:

The Zombie Calendar:



The Mormon Muffin Calendar:



A Polish coffin manufacturer's calendar:



And a calendar featuring cats as famous rock stars:



More at the link.