Dancing On A Volcano

Yes, Hazardous To One's Health -
But it would have the surpassing value of being dry.  Hot, even.  We are talking of active volcanoes here, I hasten to add, rather than the considerablly safer-yet-duller dormant or extinct ones.  Art?

Thus

     I can tell that you are looking at each other with puzzlement, gentle reader, wondering what Conrad is banging on about now, since vulcanology has never been much of a focus for the blog.
     Contrast, dear folk, contrast!  For I have photographic evidence of my compatriots who braved the elements to climb Mount Snowdon, the mad impetuous fools.  If the elements of antiquity were deemed to be earth, air, fire and water, then they partook of three out of four, and only missed "Fire" because Snowdon is a mountain, rather than a volcano.  Art?

There they are

     As you can see by their garb, Snowdon is indeed a mountain not a volcano as none of them are wearing thermal protection apparatus.  That's Katie being the Lady In Red, typically subdued and downbeat, and to the left of her is Olivia, the sadist who dreamt the whole thing up.  The two visible chrome craniums belong to Phil and Phil, with Aaron sandwiched between them.  The Blue Rajah Hoodie is Tom, whilst the Tanned Cap is Liam, fronted by Lauren.  Alex and Mina bring up the middle ground.
     Between them they have raised over £1400 for charity, so I shall raise a (dry, sheltered and comfortable) glass to them.  Have a lie-in tomorrow on me, folks.

How To Survive A Bad Film Without Having To Suffer Too Much Trauma
In days gone by one used to be able to watch terrible, terrible films by seeing them presented by "Mystery Science Theatre 3000", rather than merely suffering or enduring them.  This is because the MST3K team would mercilessly riff on the film during it's entire running time, being present as silhouettes in the lower portion of your television screen.  Art?

Thus.  "This Island Earth" on screen

     Despite costing pennies to make, the series ran for ages and the cast and crew moved onto other things <makes sad face>.  Of course, the plus side is that when I am World Dictator, we shall have an entire channel devoted to continuous re-runs of MST3K, and the cast and crew will be "invited" to reform and renew operations.
     In the meantime, Conrad has made do with "The Flophouse", which he has mentioned a couple of times already.  It's a three-man podcast that riffs on films that were commercial or critical flops, preferably both together.
     AND NOW A WARNING!  It is emphatically Not Safe For Work, or minors, as the trio swear and mention sex.  Not a lot, but it's there, so - PARENTS!!! - be responsible.

http://www.flophousepodcast.com/

Therein the link.  Perhaps your opinion might be swayed by seeing the trio - Art?

Hmmm.  Maybe not.

     Now, having introduced the site and the podcasts, I am going to be typical Conrad and leave it at that.  I may introduce such portions of the Krell - ooops, no, that's "Forbidden Planet", isn't it - I may bring in a deconstruction of their dissection of a film tomorrow.
     Keep watching the skies!

Nothing Stranger Than People
Truly, Hom. Sap. are a peculiar lot.  Take the hilarious, and disturbing, website "Jim'll Paint It", where the titular Jim paints what might be called commissions from the crazed.  Basically he throws open the doors to any suggestion his readers might come up with, and paints it.  For example:

Er, quite

     Nobody seems interested in Jim painting a still life of dead flowers in a vase, or lambs gambolling at Springtime before going into the pot in a meadow*.  

Conrad's Sinister Forward Planning In Action Again
You see, if I include this screenshot, which I was going to include anyway, then I can bait the promotion on FB and Twitter with a cunning rhyme.  If you're not clear on what I mean then go up and look at The Flophouse, because that is for grown-ups whom we also call ADULT, and the below is one of the finest heavy metal bands of the past 50 years -

Extra large for the benefit of old eyes.

     Do I really have to spell it out for you?  <sighs at the nods and "yesses" he receives> okay then, this is the band Blue Oyster CULT.

Finally
On Sunday I normally get to dogsit as Wonder Wifey trawls round car boot sales, except such sales depend on good weather.  Here's a picture I took earlier -

     - so I doubt dogsitting is high on the index of Sunday jobs to do.

Chin chin!


* Because that would be boring!