The Temple of Sphinx

A random collection of sillinesses and ramblings and lots of lovely pictures of people and things I care about. 60, bisexual, married for 30 years to a wonderful woman. Fandoms: Many and varied, but major ones are Shakespeare, Sherlock, MCU, obscure British films, British mysteries, and Doctor Who, fanfiction on AO3 under sphinxvictorian.

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

But why that color for the curtains in that meme about English Literature teachers?

Or, to ask it another way: would it be as convincingly ridiculous to ask why the curtains are electric pink with yellow polka dots? Or if the curtains were traffic safety cone orange?

Is it only possible to present "Why are the curtains blue?" as a superficial question looking for a deep answer because blue is categorized as a mundane color in our culture?

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

Okay, Capri, now you're just being silly.

What color are your curtains?

Blue

Red

Yellow

Green

Orange

Purple

Black

White

Grey

Psychedelic Rainbow

No curtains. I live in a fishbowl

Remaining time: 1 day 7 hours

And would you like a word with The Management Author about them?

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[babyfoxcollectionthings]

[oneheadtoanother]

[professorwetware]

"The History of our Revolution will be one continued Lye from one end to the other. The essence of the whole will be that Dr. Franklins electrical Rod, smote the Earth and out sprung General Washington. That Franklin electrified him with his rod—and thence forward these two conducted all the Policy, Negotiations, Legislatures and War"

-John Adams

[karis-the-fangirl]

Okay I was like ‘surely that is fake’ so I looked the quote up and not only is it legit, the next bit of the letter is “if this Letter should be preserved, and read an hundred Years hence the Reader will Say “the Envy of this J. A. could not bear to think of the Truth”! [“]He ventured to Scribble to Rush, as envious as himself, Blasphemy that he dared not Speak, when he lived. But Barkers at the sun and Moon are always Silly Curs.” But this my Friend, to be serious, is the Fate of all Ages and Nations. And there is no Resource in human nature for a Cure.”

[emmaklee]

[happy-mokka]

The world is a better place with Muppets in it.

Thank you Jim Henson and company.

[redlipstickresurrected]

Yutaka Murakami aka むらかみ ゆたか aka 村上ゆたか aka Murakami Yutaka aka 村上豊 (Japanese, b. 1957, Kyoto, Japan, based Maibara, Shiga, Japan), Paintings: Watercolor

[themalhambird]

@skeleton-richard KITTIES

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[tizian-a]

kinda got lost in a fairy forest today.

[sluttynurse]

probably the worst attitude tumblr unintentionally cultivates is "the world out there is completely dangerous for you and no one can possibly understand you, so you should isolate yourself from it and avoid interacting with it as much as possible"

[windsweptinred]

Time to roll out the Andrew Marr quote again...

"If you put away social media and you walk out into the streets and you look at real people, three-dimensional people, they mostly smile back at you. If you look around you- you see perfectly decent, ordinary people getting on with their lives and inclined, by and large, to rather like each other, that is the real us. Let us not be fooled."

[the1920sinpictures]

1927 c. Ivory embroidered net and tape lace summer dress with it's original peach taffeta slip. Pinterest.

[cavalier-consciousness]

+ Helen Mirren in 1981 film Excalibur

[cuckleberrywish]

Anna Chancellor in Mapp & Lucia (2014)

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Who likes blue & white? This company builds homes with color schemes built in, and sells them, themselves, on Zillow. This new, 2026 ranch style home in San Angelo, TX has 4bds, 3ba, 2,319sqft, $515k. 8,775sqft lot.

Entrance hall. The epoxy floor is throughout the home.

The main space is one large room that is the living/dining room/kitchen.

It's a very large space with a triple tray ceiling.

An ocean wave mural feature wall in the dining area.

Some of the cabinet doors have fancy white cutouts.

There's a pantry.

I don't know what this door is to, but it's either a bath or bedroom and there are decorative shelves in the little foyer.

It could be the door to this bedroom.

Walk-in closet.

The baths have cabinets to match the kitchen.

Nice tile in the shower.

The primary bedroom has double doors.

This bath has a tub.

And, a blue sink to match the house.

And, this is the laundry room.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5515-Slayde-St-San-Angelo-TX-76904/462503246_zpid/?

[sugar-petals]

exquisite news from costa rica: the government successfully reversed deforestation. after decades of work since 1987 - with 2021 being the year were first results already showed - the rainforest canopy is now doubled and restored. 💕

[ritahayworrth]

We must be over the rainbow! The Wizard of Oz (1939) dir. Victor Fleming

[pmamtraveller]

Strikingly lifelike mid-13th century sculptures by the anonymous sculptor known as the Naumburg Master