Defiance and religious pictures.

Did anyone else watch Defiance last night? It got a near-simultaneous start in several parts of the world thanks to SyFy. I caught the last twenty minutes or so and thought it was rather predictable. It felt like a very American narrative to me (circle the wagons and all that).

( Of saintly men and palm trees: )

Word of the Day:

I'm not the most fashion-conscious person around, so I wasn't aware of the word pussy-bow blouse which came up in today's news because Samantha Cameron wore a hideous specimen in honour of Margaret Thatcher at her funeral.

Link of interest as to the feminist history of the item in question - and the allegation that the pussy in the name is not actually a cat.

German name Schluppenbluse is very boring in comparison - Schluppe is a regional variant of Schleife, which is - you may have guessed - our word for bow.