#verkins

[verkins]

I like swords.

[st-hermerlin]

10.04.2025 // 1/30: I was somewhat tired today and couldn't really concentrate, so I didn't progress much. Had to reread some passages about four times. At least there are only 50 pages of economic related topics left, I guess (and hope). I also got new book mail today (gremlin approved).

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Today's accomplishments ☆:

3 hour reading session

highlighted and annotated relevant parts

organized new arrived study material (2000 pages ...)

did my morning routine

daily welsh on anki

[katzuchan]

some scraps with my boyzzzzzz

[oldshowbiz]

La Verkin, Utah

[oftenwantedafton]

stay | dave miller x f!reader

They call it La Verkin Motel, but the residents living there call it Last Chance Motel, because that’s exactly what it is: the last place the unwanted dregs of society end up; the last stop on the road to hell.

Explicit content, 3.5k words, revised edition 12/3/24

ao3 link

[english-history-trip]

Valuable works of art steeped in history are often hung in pride of place above a mantlepiece or on the walls of a grand entrance hall. But not so this 400-year-old hidden treasure, which spent decades out of sight, behind the door of a Surrey cottage, before being stumbled upon by an antiques expert during a house clearance of a late collector. 

...

Chris Kirkham, associate director at Hansons London spotted the painting while visiting the property, which was owned by a man, who has not been named, who collected paintings as a hobby. Kirkham commented that he ‘was surprised to find such a compelling portrait hidden away.’ 

He explained that the painting was likely to have been influenced by the Baroque artists Van Dyck and Reubens. Bearing the name Adriaen Verkins, possibly Dutch, the painting is dated 1626, when Charles I (1600-1649) was king of England, Scotland and Ireland. He lavished money on the arts and invited artists such as Van Dyck and Rubens to work in England.

(Note on the article: The subject of the painting is said to be a girl, and the name in the corner the artist's. However, the title reads "Adrian Verkins at age 1"; the sitter is presumably a little boy named Adrian. A quick internet search shows the grave of an Adrian Verkins in the Netherlands from 1704.)

[svrt-degraded]

Fanart illustration for "Sakhalin island" by Eduard Verkin

[hatari-translations]

Bubbi Morthens - Beðurinn (The Bed) - transcript/translation

Dusting off another old request! This one features Bubbi tackling global warming.

Icelandic transcript

Leiðtogar jarðar loforð sviku gefin Hvísla, "Gerum ekkert meðan lifir efinn" Þeir vita að lygin er banvænn leikur Ljósið sem sest er eldrauður reykur

Við erum öll fram af brúninni að renna Undir draumnum er beðurinn að brenna

Hafið það súrnar og sólin hún grætur Svíður hagann og brennir rætur Þú mátt gapa en græðgin er verst "Gera ekkert of mikið, þú veist það manna best"

Ekki lengur spurning einhverju að nenna Undir draumnum er beðurinn að brenna

Á Netinu siglandi í sjokki horfum á Segjandi elskan, komdu, þú verður að sjá Leiðtogar þjóðar fastir frösum í meðan fólkið planleggur til helvítis frí

Við öngu björgum með blaði og penna meðan beðurinn okkar allra er að brenna

Enginn afsökun, verkin verða að tala viljir þú börn þín fái sín börn upp að ala í veruleika mínus hamfarir og dauða Þar sem skógurinn var er aðeins jörðin auða

Og þú sérð ekki sólina glaða sig glenna Hulin er reyk meðan beðurinn er að brenna

Teningnum kastað, tíminn er á þrotum Þurfum ekki loforð gefin í einkaþotum Milljónir á vergangi, maðurinn er ey Dylan sagði syntu, annar sekkurðu sem steinn

Og við vitum öll hverju er um að kenna Undir beði okkar allra er jörðin að brenna

English translation

The leaders of Earth betrayed promises made Whispering, "Let's do nothing so long as doubt remains" They know that lying is a deadly game The setting light is a scarlet smoke

We're all slipping off the cliff Beneath the dream, the bed is burning

The ocean sours and the sun cries Singes the fields and burns roots You can gape but the greed is worst "Don't do too much, you know better than anyone"

No longer a question of if you can be bothered Beneath the dream, the bed is burning

Surfing the internet, we look on in shock Saying, honey, look, you have to see The leaders of nations repeating phrases while the people plan their vacation to Hell

We won't save anything with paper and pen while all of our bed is burning

No excuse, we need to see action If you want your kids to get to raise their kids in a world with less disaster and death Where there used to be forest, there's only barren ground

And you won't see the sun happily beaming It's shrouded in smoke while the bed is burning

The die is cast, our time is up We don't need promises made in private jets Millions of refugees, Man is an island Dylan said to swim, or you'll sink like a stone

And we all know what's to blame Beneath all of our bed, the Earth is burning

Translation notes

Bubbi refers to sailing the Internet, which is not a usual metaphor I've heard, but English of course already has the concept of "surfing" the Internet.

The quotes around "Don't do too much, you know better than anyone" are just my guess that it's meant to be what the greedy are saying to each other, based on how I'm interpreting it - there's nothing else indicating that it's a quote, so I could be off.

[double-starr]

Do you happen to live near Hurricane Utah?? (Or live near La Verkin Utah??)

This sounds a lot like where some family of mine lives 🥲

I want to be a house un-flipper. I want to buy expensive houses and make them look so shitty it devalues the entire neighbourhood

[verkins]

Happy Birthday Fu Hua!

[dadilisto]

Janus og ég.....Janus and me.

Tvær teikningar frá 1979. Two drawings from 1979. Janus og ég.  Stundum eru gömul verk eftir mig á sýningum í söfnunum í þetta skipti eru það tvær teikningar frá 1979, á þessum tíma er ég að mótast og prófa mig áfram sem listamaður, það er þó skemmtilegt að verkin vísa furðu vel veginn að því sem síðar kemur; hjartað hefur alltaf verið í forgrunni í höfundarverkinu, hjartað leiðir okkur að því…

[katzuchan]

yooo ahaha is it that SILLYMAN MISHA (actually his life is very tragic)

translation:

Misha Verkin, 17 y.o. (aug 11, 1987)

"what's wrong with my hair?"

#i_love_miha_verkin

some time before he looked like Mikhail Gorshenyov without "freedom spikes". he was very proud of it.

also he reminds of Alexander Shigolev, Alexander Leontyev or Shears Twins by his appearance

[reshuffleadventures]

10/3/2022 Monday - climbing at La Verkin overlook with Kass. I climbed 4 routes, the last one was the 5.10 that I'd led with Sidney in May. We saw some seashell fossils, which was pretty cool. And I saw a chuckwalla hiding in a crack partway up my last climb.

[capribornio]

WHAT IS with Verkin and falling into a river

(Also hell yeah, get it Carl)

Watching Van Helsing (2004) and it seems I remembered correctly, the plot is to be bisexual and have fun

[southwestadventures]

La Verkin UT

[vintagecamping]

A group of riders follow a pack trail leading from La Verkin Creek, into which flows Hop Valley’s stream in Zion National Park.

Utah, January 1954