London years ago, a mobile bathing hut in Spain, Coney Island. All in public domain.

I take it all back. What I said about women's hair. I just said "Hi" again to the young woman at the front desk at my exercise club and I found myself complimenting her on her hair. I asked her if she had specified the style and she said she had seen Victoria Beckam's and her stylist told her it would suit her. He hair was black and she looked, to my old eyes, even better than Beckam. But it was evident that she had had it done to attract attention and was glad to have it even from an old Santa figure like me. As Lynette said here, if your job involves the public you want to look your best.

803287 (My Picasso picture's number). For a clearer, stereo You tube sound, typ ethis after the URL &fmt=18

This test makes some people feel good by making them out to be younger than they are. Predictably, the opposite is doubly true for me.

You Belong in the Silent Generation

You fit in best with people born between 1925 and 1942. You are a person of high values and character. Family, your country, loyalty, and hard work all important to you. You are willing to do what's right, even when it's difficult.

I don't want to give you the link because it leads to a very pesky perpetual invitation to meet the person in my area who has a crush on me. As if. Actually, if anyone does, we meet and talk at least once every day and that is fine with both of us.

I was challenged by Phil to name favorite films by letters of the alphabet.

L'Atalante
Being There
Charlie Bubbles
The Defiant Ones
Elmer Gantry
Funny Face
Good Morning Vietnam
Heaven Can Wait
Ikiru
John And Mary
Klute
The L shaped Room
M
Never On A Sunday
The Odd Couple
The Pumpkin Eater
The Queen
Red River
The Seventh Seal
The Third Man
Under the Elms
V for Vendetta
Waterworld
x (?)
The Young Lions
Zorba The Greek

This picture won a "Metro News" photo competition.

Metro claims to have the largest circulation in the world

for a small format, free daily.

What I like, is that the streetcar is one I take

every working day

and the picture,

although of a more misty time of night,

is very evocative of what I see every morning.

The picture was also chosen by flckr and igoogle

for their selection of today's interesting shots.