Mark H

The end justifies the means? - ؛ patrick

For our writers here on FF: "Here’s one way to become a better writer. Listen to the advice of writers who earn their daily bread with their pens. During the past week, lists of writing commandments by Henry Miller, Elmore Leonard (above) and William Safire have buzzed around Twitter. So we decided to collect them and add tips from a few other veterans — namely, George Orwell, Margaret Atwood, and Neil Gaiman." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

Also, some of the suggestions aren't fully formed sentences. Suspect. - Akiva

For reasons of prestige in the 70s SAS ordered modified 747s, 747Bs, with seating for 353 people (100+ under the plane's capacity) and a separate lounge for first class passengers. The small, Scandinavian market, however, couldn't sustain the luxury and the last 747 was sold in 1987. - Mark H from Bookmarklet

And the 741 and 742 had different engines that were way too inefficient.....everyone moved to 744s. - Toby

your last photo is wonderful, and that blue flower if bugging me, can't work out what it is, but it's very pretty - Halil

Thank you. My wife said it's probably an iris. - Mark H

You know, she may be right, I was thinking along the lines of a trumpeted flower head, but I can now see the 3-way split! :-) - Halil

Me - Treasure Hunter: "Merits: Adventurous, Cultured, Quick thinker; Demerits: Greedy, Loner, Cavalier with laws/rules." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

I can't deal with yoiu!!!!!!!!11elevenetcetera - Akiva

Not necessarily concept albums. - Mark H

Ooh Aladdin Sane! - Adrian

Nice, attempy burglary - Nils Sandin

"Time for another round of punk musicians that fell way below the Retrospace radar. We here at Retrospace pride ourselves in obscure 70s acts, whether it be disco or yacht rock; however, our knowledge in the ways of punk begin and end with The Ramones. Beyond that, we are like Olivia Newton-John at a Hawkwind concert - lost, confused, and a little bit afraid." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

I own an Alien Sex Fiend album - Gabrielle

"Vintage book cover graphics from the collection of Julian Montague" - Mark H from Bookmarklet

"That’s right, with this unique offer we'll send you and two others of your liking to the wonderful, romantic Windermere Suites. ‘So what’, we hear you say in your delightful cadence, ‘me and two mates went to Magaluf once, no biggie’. Au contraire. What we are saying is your fine self and two other companions would be sharing one room. The three of you. At once. Do I have to draw you a diagram? I think you know where we are coming from." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

"We know this sort of thing happens constantly on the continent. And so in a show of solidarity with our smutty European neighbours, we thought we’d give it a bit of a go. You’ll be breaking all sorts of taboos in style. The Windermere is pure class; you’ll receive Champagne and chocolates on arrival at your room, which will be beautifully decorated with rose petals and fairy lights." - Mark H

"Will we be given privacy at the hotel? Almost certainly. Instances of hotel staff bursting into rooms with large old fashioned cameras featuring enormous flashbulbs and taking explicit photos while shouting 'what a scoop!' have almost entirely been stamped out." - Mark H

"Margarete Schön (1895 – 1985) is best known for her role as Kriemhild, the beautiful but revengeful princess of Burgundy in Fritz Lang’s silent epic Die Nibelungen (1924). The career of this German stage and film actress spanned nearly fifty years." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

"During the Second World War she appeared in approximately ten films, but she generally avoided roles in Nazi propaganda films and stayed decidedly apolitical. One exception was an uncredited bit part in Veit Harlan's nationalistic film Kolberg (1945, Veit Harlan) starring Heinrich George. One of her most popular roles of the era was the character Frau Knauer opposite Heinz Rühmann in the classic comedy Die Feuerzangenbowle/The Punch Bowl (1944, Helmut Weiss) for Terra-Filmkunst studios." - Mark H

I wish they made Tarot cards of them - esther

My wife wants one with horns. - Mark H from Bookmarklet

hahaha! handcraft gone out of hand! - grizabella

"The Israeli fashion magazine Belle Mode published this provocative/controversial editorial as a way to protest against the infringement on the rights of women on religious grounds." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

I wish more people would point out that modesty clothing rules for women are predicated on the idea that men cannot control themselves. If they see a glimpse of flesh, they'll assault, rape and/or commit adultery and it's the fault of the woman who exposed her shoulder, neck, etc. So women must bundle themselves up lest they "tempt" men. It's an idea that's insulting to men and to... more... - Spidra Webster

"When is the last time you looked at a great photograph and said, “Wow that is one sharp image” or, “Wow that photo has great bokeh”. I doubt if you look at any of work of any of the great street photographers (including Henri Cartier-Bresson) you will make that statement. Most of their work has been done with relatively deep depth-of-field and very few (if any) of them are shot wide-open." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

"One of the things I love most about street photography is that you don’t need a fancy or expensive camera. Any camera out there can shoot great street photographs (including iPhones). If you want some great examples that the camera you use doesn’t matter (in terms of image quality), check out the iPhone street photography of AikBengChia or the mobile street photographer group." - Mark H

:-) - Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart

:-) - John (bird whisperer)

:) - AJ Batac :) from FreshFeed

what was that thing? and have you eaten in that cafe? - Halil

http://wishcandy.net/ - Mark H from Bookmarklet

کلیستن کشته مرده لایک زدناتم :* - Foska

چاکریم فوسکا :) - کلیـستن

"While the U.S. continues to bask in the warmth of an unusually mild winter, Mother Nature has claimed almost 300 lives from Switzerland to Rome as temperatures plumet up to -22 Fahrenheit across Europe." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

this is called ice storm --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... and it is not related to the climate change. - tugrul akin

...see you on FF next season MarkH, assuming FF is still around by then (who knows what happens after the FB IPO)... you've been one of the great contributors to NFL threads here all season. As a huge football fan, I really appreciated it! - .LAG liked that

Thanks. Same to you LAG; it's been fun again this year. - Mark H

...the NFL Draft is in about 58 days... - .LAG liked that

good luck! GO GIANTS! - .LAG liked that

Thanks. I'm not confident of a Pats win; Giants are better-balanced, everybody likes to club together and hate the Pats, and the media would love to see a Manning winning in Indianapolis so there's probably a fix already in place (yeah, I'm making excuses early). - Mark H

...but the Patriots are the "model" franchise, there's no fix... unless you're talking about the fix that started this entire run: the "tuck rule" play, where the Raiders actually won that game. is that the fix you're talking about? .LOLz! - .LAG liked that

interesting collection - Halil

Does east LA mean 'low level' culture? You can find same in every part of LA, even in OC. - Oğuz Demirkapı ☮

I must pop round one day for some doughnuts, lol, put the kettle on Mark! :-P - Halil

If it weren't for the cars, I'd day nothing much has changed. - Anika from FFHound!

Aw, the year I graduated from college... - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed