My 10 Options

1. Norman Quijano, the Mayor of San Salvador.
2. Template Reaction, a class of ligand-based reaction.
3. Give it Up.
4. Jensen FF, a four-wheel drive Grand Tourer.
5. Vietnamosasa, a genus of bamboo.
6. Ruth Alcock
7. 3103 Eger, an asteroid
8. Paradise Lost
9. O'landa Draper, a Gospel music artist.
10. James Burbage, an English actor, impresario, joiner and theatre builder in the English Renaissance theatre.

Introducing the wikipedia challenge.

1. Go onto wikipedia.
2. Click Random article up to 10 times.
3. Create a piece of art, a song, a poem, a film or something else creative based on one of your random articles.
4. Report back

I'm going to do it. You're welcome to join me.

Salome

I was reading Carol Ann Duffy's 'The World's Wife; and was reacquainted with Salome. I was struck by the contrasting perceptions of her in Duffy's poem, and two films: The Gospel According to St. Matthew, and Salome (which is based on Oscar Wilde's presentation of the same). I wonder which Salome you'll believe in?

Aloha Ladybird!

Well hello there friends, I must admit that I have been a negligent. But consider the situation rectified, and please appreciate the underside of a ladybird alongside my sincere apologies. Enjoy! 

Nights of the Cabiria

Oh boy, what a movie! And may I just mention Maria's hat, which is incredible. It is a rain hat with a hole for her pony tail. Quite marvellous.

John Steinbeck, 'A Russian Journal'

I have just read this marvellous and totally engaging book that makes me want to marry John Steinbeck and move to Georgia. Although unsure of its exact  accuracy, I would whole-heartedly recommend it.
And I found out about so much in this enchanting and lovely book. I never knew before that 'every Russian town of any size has its permanent circus in a permanent building'. I didn't know about the churches that were 'rich and oriental' with paintings which were 'very black with incense and age'. Nor did I know of, and this one is amazing, the railway in Kiev run entirely by children! Wow.

Speech archive

For those of you who want to hear the sound of people from everywhere, why don't you look at this speech archive. It is good to hear the voices of others from the world.