#250th post

[maron-diary]

2026.2.19

2026.2.19

[sadierosewrites]

An oak profile of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington

He looks so Patrician in this. And his ears seem almost elf-like! And those curls... sigh. Sweet man. Awful sideburns.

From the National Army Museum's collection.

[adashofginger]

“I was standin’ in the shower thinkin’ about what makes a man.”

Standing in the Shower...Thinking | Jane's Addiction

Model: Zack Bailey

[goobleflop]

Springer just gave him a kiss

[alwaysrickman]

Alan Rickman & Rima Horton at the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation Gala / Stud House

It took place at the Stud House. That’s so suitable, given that Alan was such a stud.

[dailyapplepony]

[oroichonno]

Aynu Maytak Question

Despite all of the proposed writing formes me & my editor have seen for the Ainu tongue, neither of us have ever seen any for the maytak (braille) forme. As such, would anyone who’s familiar with the language like to help with this glaring gap?

[imperial-filth]

Filth#237

Let me kneel at your altar and drink from your chalice of life.