We like this on so many levels... First, there is pretty cool gothic church structure to begin with; second - it's obviously pacifist, with "spread mercy, not war" idea. Third, it has the anti-"organized religion" connotations: do not force your beliefs on anybody. Behold, "Church Tank" by Kris Kuksi:
(artwork copyright: Kris Kuksi, used by permission)
If you have not seen phantasmagoric creations of Kris Kuksi before, you're in for a treat. Check out his page (some images are dark and may be nsfw)
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The idea to combine tank with some kind of an altar seem to have occurred to various people. The folks at Blue Table Painting, led by Insidious created this conversion of Land Raider for Warhammer game.
The same idea's occurred to Wim Delvoye here, though it's a digger, not a tank:
actually, for the Quebec ice storm, some areas of the province went without power for as long as six weeks... yes, SIX WEEKS... 100 000 people were evacuated. 16 000 soldiers were sent in for various tasks. 25 people died. yes... quite a storm. I was lucky, I was out of power for 4 days. And it seemed like weeks.
Incredible collection of ice storm photographs! The one I took in Atlanta was definitely an accident and it was quite exciting to wake up and see everything frozen over night...
I live in Ontario, so ice storms are nothing new for me...but the artistic photos will remind me to not just see freezing rain as a nuisance, but to stop and take a look at the beauty it creates.
I well remember the Spokane ice storm. On campus, there is a four story dorm that faces a bunch of tall trees, and the residents were cheering as the branches broke off. Why not? Nobody was walking down there, and it was probably the only entertainment they could get with the power out. I spent the evening in one of the few places with power— the Honors study house. It was quite a party.
The pictures I have from the day after are quite lovely but non-digital. Thank you for posting the link!
Growing up in NY - we have had our fair share of ice storms - and they can be both scary as well as quite beautiful if you can get out and take some pictures.
hi, I came here via stumble, and I just wanted to thank you for actually putting some effort into this post. Nearly every other click on the stumble button produces a blog entry showing extreme natural phenomena, but this one is the first and only that actually had interesting and helpful reference information and obvious thought put into the presentation. Thanks.
The second to the top casemod is "The BFG", it's very very nice model of the BFG in the Doom games, even with a working stroboscope in it. You can view the whole proces of creating this casemod at: http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/1188110/ . It's in Dutch, but there are more than 100 photo's.
The Wacky Racers cars were built for the Goodwood Festival Of Speed. Each year they build another car from the series and they all drive in a grand parade.
Info at http://www.goodwood.co.uk/fos/intro/jfos.htm
The Pen Guy I love wacky cars and thanks for inluding my Mercedes Pens, its a great honor. I also started a new blog called Art Car Central which I hope will become world's most comprehensive blog about art cars, events, lists, how to and everything else related to this wonderful and unique personal expression.
The truck that has 'US airforce afterburner' written on it, just to let you know, is more than likely a just a monster truck... when they transport monster trucks they remove the large wheels and fit small ones and then transport them separately to be easier.
That photo of mountains was taken from the climbers entrance/exit of the Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix, France. It was taken about where the lone individual is in this picture: http://content.cxnx.net/chamonix.net/3316.jpg
Anybody can stand in that spot and see this view by riding the cable car up. You'll never forget it!
re: Police Oops - This reminds me of the only traffic accident I saw while in Rome, Italy for an entire summer.
It stuck with me because if you've every witness the traffic in Rome, it seems totally chaotic, yet I almost went throughout the entire summer walking the roman streets without witnessing a single crash.
The one wreck I did see though was a police officer rear-ended a guy driving a Vespa, and even that accident wasn't that serious. The Vespa owner walked away from the collision just fine. I didn't get to see what happened to his moped though.
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It's really tell about the very old mariage of religion with war. Always walked hand in hand for thousand of years.
And they are still walking hand in hand richard.
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