http://AirToob.stumbleupon.com/ AirToob's recent URL reviews on StumbleUpon en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:07:50 -0800 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:35:22 -0800 http://AirToob.stumbleupon.com/ http://cdn.stumble-upon.com/images/logo_su_36x36.png Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:45:11 -0800 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/1pDomo/airtoob.stumbleupon.com/t:4b0aeb9692429;src:reviews http://AirToob.stumbleupon.com/review/17932848/ I know that time is an issue for many people... So much to see, so little time...

Here are a few suggestions if you want a quick sample of what I think are the best of these pages.

Fun Stuff:

Selections from Classic Peanuts
Sock It To The Holidays (Carol Of The Bells) - a hilarious review of economics in 2008
White Christmas by Joshua Held - the coolest, funniest Christmas video ever?
Oktapodi - hilarious animation of the trials of true love
Mamma Mia! The Movie - if this doesn't cheer you up, nothing will!
Corsican Cats
Spend an evening with Diana Krall
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Most enjoyable movie of 2007: Ratatouille
St Trinian's (the movie) - wonderful political incorrectness
Zing-iest comedy movie of all time: Some Like It Hot
Miss Russian Army beauty contest
Tigger Shot: The uninvited bouncing had gone on long enough...
Technology for country folk
Childhood joys: bed bouncing
Bear Feet: grizzlies snooze the afternoon away...
Dog and cat in perfect harmony... Awwww...

Beautiful Stuff:

"Elixir" by Melanie Delon
"Healing" by Hyung Jun Kim
"Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme", Simon and Garfunkel
"For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her", Simon and Garfunkel
"River Man", haunting autumnal song in 5/4 time by Nick Drake
Beautiful stained glass by Robert Oddy
"Leaping to the high wild mountain" - snow leopard
Beautiful window frost patterns
"Dream..Dream" by Rarindra Prakarsa
"Quietness", "Sparkling", "Companionship" - pictures from the Maldives by Ahmed Zahid


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"Silent Movie" by Waatson-Kalugin

Waatson-Kalugin is a Russian photographer/artist who does a wide range of great stuff, including some excellent and tasteful nudes.

I found this beauty here on the always-beautiful pages of my friend (and gold stumbler) chaotiqual.

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"Shanghai Noon" by Waatson-Kalugin

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"St Giles in November Rain", one of many Oxford paintings by Francis Hamel
I crossed this road so many times back in the 60's, often in weather just like this. Very near where the artist is standing is The Eagle and Child pub (known generally as The Bird and Baby), meeting place of the Inklings literary group, the most celebrated members of which were probably C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.

Snaffled gratefully from Alison's wonderful pages.

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"Downpour in the City" by Martin Erhard

Commended in the "Adult Living the view" section of Take a view, the Landscape Photographer of the Year Award, for 2009

It's been like this in London for the last week or so!

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"Summer Rain" by WWWest

We're getting a lot of rain at the moment, but somehow it isn't as enjoyable as this!

Thanks again to my friend (and gold stumbler) chaotiqual, whose pages are always a delight to visit.

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Photomicrograph of a fresh water rotifer feeding among debris, magnification 200x, by Harold Taylor,
one of many extraordinary images featured in Nikon's annual Small World photomicrography competition

Thanks to Will for this one!

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Thanks to Dwight for finding this beautiful image (author unfortunately unknown)

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"Sunrise over the Old Man of Storr on the isle of Skye" by Emmanuel Coupe

Winner of Take a view, the Landscape Photographer of the Year Award, for 2009

This picture needs to be seen full size!

]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1221381/Sunrise-Skye-Dramatic-landscape-wins-photographer-10-000.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:04:44 -0800 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/1PczTF/www.google.co.uk/search?q=Whitby,%20Yorkshire&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a/t:4b0aeb9692429;src:reviews http://AirToob.stumbleupon.com/review/37742285/ This was a day out in Whitby, Yorkshire, on the east coast of England (close to Robin Hood's Bay, the end of Wainwright's coast-to-coast walk). The rest of the week was fairly miserable, weather-wise, so we took full advantage of this sunny (if cold) day...

[BTW: this page should have a GREY background, if it's white then you're on the new SU and my pages won't look quite right. My old format doesn't translate properly to the new SU, I'll try to fix this in December when the SU update is complete.]


Hole of Horcum, on the North Yorkshire Moors on the approach to Whitby. The North Yorkshire Moors are the largest area of continuous moorland in England (in case you wanted to know that).


The sky looks different in the above two photos (see the notes at the end if you're interested!)


Whitby harbour entrance


St Mary's Church and Whitby Abbey, seen from other side of the harbour through the whalebone arch



Captain James Cook's memorial





Taken from Whitby pier



This was a "Goth Weekend", possibly associated with the full moon (for lots more Whitby Goth pictures, see here!)





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