I studied Philosophy a few years ago. It was fun! I went from suspecting I knew nothing to having it confirmed! lol! K8 Active Assignment Weekly set by benjeev 12th - 19th July 2010 Having only participated in this group for a couple of months, I'm quite curious as to what people on here do outside of Flickr (gasp, there's life outside of Flickr??). So I'm going to shamelessly exploit use this assignment to find out what makes people on here tick. ;) The idea of this week's assignment is to capture an image inspired by your life's work. Your legacy in life so far. This could be your job, your lifelong hobby, your family, heck, even your car! Anything that best defines the accomplishments you're most proud of in life. How you'd like to be remembered. Tell us the background stories to your shots. Restriction: None, I think the assignment brief itself is already restrictive enough, so use anything and everything to best convey the idea of your life's accomplishments. Dare: Don't include people in your shots. WIT I can tell you now, that the older you get, the less you feel you have achieved in life! I guess just getting older is an achievement and that's how I feel now. It was once my ambition to retire! Now I have, it is a great feeling. :) A few years ago, when my husband was very ill, I was in danger of slipping into a big black hole of despair myself, which I realised would do neither of us any good at all. So, I decided to finish my degree and I chose the most difficult (non technology/computer sciences) subject I could. My reasons for choosing Philosophy was that I knew I would have to run to keep up with this Hons level subject which I had never even touched on before. I had this thought that if it was an easy subject, I would not concentrate as well and would probably give up. It worked! So, here's a few of my books. :) The sky background was one I took at the beach a couple of days ago. I arranged the books in a pile and photographed them. It was OK, but then I decided to apply an effect Distort/Polar co-ordinates in PSE5. This resulted in something far more like the feelings I had when I was studying. Haha! I also had a Greek tutor - aargh! But he gave me good marks and I passed the final exam. If you are feeling down? Do something really out of your box! It works.

Suspended Animation Classic #209 Originally published December 27, 1992 (#52) (Dates are approximate) The Comic Book in America By Michael Vance The first comic book was a premium, free for coupons cut from laundry soap. In sixty short years, comics have grown from infancy to infamy to the most popular medium in the world. Now, hardback, coffee table books about comics are almost as common as 'the funnies' themselves. And characters “Power Nelson”, “Hydroman”, and “Jughead” - once held in disdain - are now held between the pages of “The Comic Book In America”. This elaborate and lavish scrapbook of everything from “Mutt and Jeff” to “Zzutak” is a must buy for anyone really interested in the history of comic books. It's filled with hundreds of panels and covers from exciting titles that touched our lives. Entertainment and history don't get much better than this book. “THE COMIC BOOK IN AMERICA: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY”/189 pages, $29.95, Taylor Publishing Co./written by Mike Benson/ available in book and comic stores. If Jesus were on Earth today, what kind of car would he drive? M. Littlechief Bigdog believes a Honda because the Bible says: "When the day of Pentecost was fully come. they were all in one ACCORD." Of such is the philosophy of the cast of “Big Dog Funnies”, a crew lost somewhere between the old hippie lifestyle and our own, lost generation today. There is much to recommend this collection of one page observations on life through characters like Chuck U. Farley (of Farley's Good Used Harleys) and Jimmy Joe Sartre (who's philosophy degrees won him a job as a cowpuncher). The art is distinctive and eye-catching. The writing is crisp and funny and actually insightful. And Bigdog looks like John Lennon. Its real strength is that it transcends any one lifestyle and looks right into the heart of just plain folks with good humor and compassion. “BIG DOG FUNNIES” #1/31 pages. $2.50, Rip-Off Press/art and words by D.M. Pitts/ available in comics shops.