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Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts
Gallery: Geeky Valentine's Day Cards
Merchandise: Time Travel Holiday Cards
Echo Park Time Travel Mart holiday cards by Keith Scharwath are now on sale at 826la.org in boxes of ten, or boxes of ten for $19.99.
Gallery: V for Vendetta
It was 405 years ago today in 1605, that the infamous ‘Gunpowder Plot’ in which some Catholics, most known of which was Guy Fawkes had planned to assasinate King James I of England and destroy Parliament and its members at the same time.
Catholics in England had expected King James to be more tolerant of them. In fact, he had proved to be the opposite and had ordered all Catholic priests to leave England. This so angered some Catholics that they decided to kill James and put his daughter Elizabeth on the throne ensuring that she was a Catholic. This led to a plot to kill not only the king of England, James, but also everyone sitting in the Houses of Parliament at the same time as James was there when he opened Parliament on November 5th, 1605.
Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators, having rented out a house next to the Houses of Parliament, managed to get 36 barrels of gunpowder into a cellar of the House of Lords. The authorities stormed it in the early hours of November 5th, where Guy Fawkes was caught, tortured and executed a few months later.
The story is remembered each November 5th when effigies of Fawkes are burned in a celebration known as ”Bonfire Night."
Note: Using the term “Happy Guy Fawkes day” shows that a person probably does not know what happened or why.
Catholics in England had expected King James to be more tolerant of them. In fact, he had proved to be the opposite and had ordered all Catholic priests to leave England. This so angered some Catholics that they decided to kill James and put his daughter Elizabeth on the throne ensuring that she was a Catholic. This led to a plot to kill not only the king of England, James, but also everyone sitting in the Houses of Parliament at the same time as James was there when he opened Parliament on November 5th, 1605.
Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators, having rented out a house next to the Houses of Parliament, managed to get 36 barrels of gunpowder into a cellar of the House of Lords. The authorities stormed it in the early hours of November 5th, where Guy Fawkes was caught, tortured and executed a few months later.
The story is remembered each November 5th when effigies of Fawkes are burned in a celebration known as ”Bonfire Night."
Note: Using the term “Happy Guy Fawkes day” shows that a person probably does not know what happened or why.
"V for Vendetta" by ChadBovey
"Art Deco: V for Vendetta" by Chino
"Penny for the Guy?" Happy Guy Fawkes Day
"Vendetta" by Tri Kurniawan
Quick Pic: Cylon Easter Rabbit
THE CYLONS WERE CREATED BY MAN.
THEY REBELLED.
THEY EVOLVED.
THERE ARE MANY COPIES.
AND THEY CELEBRATE EASTER.
THEY REBELLED.
THEY EVOLVED.
THERE ARE MANY COPIES.
AND THEY CELEBRATE EASTER.
Source: Roywassonvalle's Flickr via Make
Gallery: Nerdy Easter Eggs
The best part of Easter, apart from all the chocolate, is decorating the eggs. Here's a collection of shots of great eggs collected from Deviant Art users who seem to agree.
Zombie Easter Egg
Nintendo Eggs
Futurama Eggs
Pokemon Eggs
(More) Pokemon Easter Eggs
Nightmare Before Christmas Eggs
Ninja Easter Eggs
Badass Eggs
Colored Eggs
E_G_G_S
Demented Easter Eggs
An Eggcellently Nerdy Easter
Harry Potter Eggs
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