# Post a link to something beautiful. No arguing, no cheesecake, & no beefcake, please. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021 "2015-01-27T17:19:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/61 "2015-01-28T05:26:12Z")
[A Spotless Rose](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STSq2u6vkqI) by Herbert Howells [Love Bade Me Welcome](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZiMSGq_fOk#t=8m37s) from _Five Mystical Songs_ by Ralph Vaughan Williams ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/62 "2015-01-28T09:56:38Z")
Snowflakes, close up: [Snowflakes and Snow Crystals](http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/photos/photos.htm) Fibonacci zoetropes: [BLOOMS: Strobe Animated Sculptures Invented by John Edmark on Vimeo](http://vimeo.com/116582567) ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/63 "2015-01-28T11:16:41Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/EL-dJPh23Tc/hqdefault.jpg "Anonymous 4 - Love's Illusion Track 1: Plus bele") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL-dJPh23Tc) [http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.fosterandpartners.com/media/Projects/1158/img1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.fosterandpartners.com/projects/millau-viaduct/&h=183&w=275&tbnid=O3Kjjn2218EziM:&zoom=1&tbnh=160&tbnw=240&usg=\_\_SxYr23I84aP79IuHNIwnxLap2L0=&docid=W3vSVNbXqXn3gM&itg=1&hl=en&client=safari&sa=X&ei=t8TIVLCnNY6zyATz6oH4CQ&ved=0CCUQ\_B0wAA](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.fosterandpartners.com/media/Projects/1158/img1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.fosterandpartners.com/projects/millau-viaduct/&h=183&w=275&tbnid=O3Kjjn2218EziM:&zoom=1&tbnh=160&tbnw=240&usg=__SxYr23I84aP79IuHNIwnxLap2L0=&docid=W3vSVNbXqXn3gM&itg=1&hl=en&client=safari&sa=X&ei=t8TIVLCnNY6zyATz6oH4CQ&ved=0CCUQ_B0wAA) ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/64 "2015-01-28T13:09:11Z")
[Kids reading to shelter cats, helping the kids improve their reading skills and socialising the cats.](https://www.berksarl.org/programs/book-buddies/) ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/65 "2015-01-28T13:41:45Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > [Kids reading to shelter cats, helping the kids improve their reading skills and socialising the cats.](https://www.berksarl.org/programs/book-buddies/) Awwww! One of my dogs did a reading program for two summers. She was even on the front page of our little local newspaper: [http://i60.tinypic.com/2nbvtvp.jpg](http://i60.tinypic.com/2nbvtvp.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/66 "2015-01-28T14:08:48Z")
Renoir’s [Portrait of Mademoiselle Legrand](http://www.artcyclopedia.com/masterscans/Renoir-Mademoiselle-Legrand.html) I know next to nothing about the visual arts, and I am far, far from what anyone could call an expert, aficionado, or even just casual fan of art. I was at the Philadelphia Museum of Art primarily to see their armor collection, but my date talked me into going through the Renoir exhibit. This painting is the only one I remember from that exhibit, and I can’t tell you exactly why, other than that I just stood and stared at it for a long, long, time. I still find it inexplicably captivating. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/67 "2015-01-28T14:13:21Z")
Oy, I’m getting all verklempt here. Thanks everyone for sharing, and thanks, \*\*Skald \*\*, for starting this thread. Each and every contribution is gorgeous in its own way. I’ll add one of my own, but right now I seem to have something in my eye . . . ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/68 "2015-01-28T14:19:00Z")
Some of the posts above made me think of a few other things. For automobiles, the [1936 Auburn Boattail Speedster](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G2wG3VMby6A/TMXmDajpx-I/AAAAAAAAAH0/eAyCmGZxNT8/s1600/DSC_4729.JPG). Sexiest car ever made. [Tintern Abbey](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Tintern_Abbey-inside-2004.jpg/1280px-Tintern_Abbey-inside-2004.jpg) in Wales. The day we visited was so picture-perfect, it was as if we had stepped into a painting. There’s something about the juxtaposition of the old, ruined building over the perfectly manicured grass that I find astoundingly beautiful. [Even from outside](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Tintern_Abbey_and_Courtyard.jpg/1280px-Tintern_Abbey_and_Courtyard.jpg) it’s pretty gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/69 "2015-01-28T14:40:02Z")
[In my backyard a few years ago](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-erEYbXxYgZg/TStEcwBIQwI/AAAAAAAABI0/NKVq7rW6OCE/w1010-h758-no/DSCN0049.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/70 "2015-01-28T14:44:37Z")
I pass by this [tree](http://www.panoramio.com/photo_explorer#view=photo&position=2&with_photo_id=17124793&order=date_desc&user=2601848) every time I go pick up my kids. I’ve always wanted to stop and get a photo. The tree stands thee all by itself. That’s a sod farm which is why the ground looks like that. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/71 "2015-01-28T15:04:29Z")
[“Who knows where the time goes?”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2xODjbfYw8) by Fairport Convention [Two](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Lotus_49-1.JPG) engineering [masterpieces](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rGYILbTcGqs/TVzVU6fKsiI/AAAAAAAAFUY/mFzgh0HGTIM/s1600/6974327-640-0.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/72 "2015-01-28T15:33:38Z")
[Black Hula.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhzzPoQfjPw) I have no idea what the song is about, but I imagine something wistful and poignant. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/73 "2015-01-28T15:43:59Z")
[![](http://erikthevermilion.com/images/mlle-irene-cahen-danvers.jpg) ](http://erikthevermilion.com/images/mlle-irene-cahen-danvers.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/74 "2015-01-28T15:53:42Z")
View from the balcony of my apartment in Latvia, August 2005: [http://postimg.org/image/jno7id421/](http://postimg.org/image/jno7id421/) Other half: [http://postimg.org/image/6lxu98ky5/](http://postimg.org/image/6lxu98ky5/) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/75 "2015-01-28T16:00:33Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I would also put in a link to Glacier National Park, but while it’s just as impressive, if not more so, in person, it’s impressive in a way that can’t easily be captured on film. But it’s certainly worth trying. [Hidden Lake](http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/4885046.jpg), where I proposed to my (now) wife. [Here](http://images.summitpost.org/original/473237.JPG)’s another one of the same location from a slightly different angle, but at high res (3872x2592). ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/76 "2015-01-28T16:24:16Z")
[http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Acoustic-Instruments/Archtop/Gibson-Acoustic/L7-C-Acoustic-Archtop.aspx](http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Acoustic-Instruments/Archtop/Gibson-Acoustic/L7-C-Acoustic-Archtop.aspx) The Gibson L-7c - 100% distilled essence of cool jazz archtop. No frills - form follows function. The Fender Telecaster and Stratocaster are classic examples of perfect design as well. The Strat is a sexier design, but a Tele is ground zero for solidbody guitars, with the Les Paul coming 2 years later… ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/77 "2015-01-28T17:10:16Z")
Song: [To Build a Home by The Cinematic Orchestra](http://youtu.be/oUFJJNQGwhk) Photo: [Grasmere Light](https://500px.com/photo/42923784/grasmere-light-by-alan-ranger?from=user) Words: [Portia’s speech](http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/merchant-venice-act-iv-scene-i-quality-mercy-not-strained) ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/78 "2015-01-28T17:29:43Z")
Slea Head on the Dingle Peninsula. > **[Entdecke Irlands Highlights - Sehenswürdigkeiten und Reiseziele](https://www.irland-highlights.de/)** > > Irlands beliebteste Sehenswürdigkeiten und noch mehr Geheimtipps. Alles für deine Irlandreise: Unterkünfte, Mietwagen, Rundreisen uvm. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/79 "2015-01-28T18:07:20Z")
The north coast of Cornwall: [http://forum.wexphotographic.com/pictures\Cornish%20Storm.jpg](http://forum.wexphotographic.com/pictures%5CCornish%20Storm.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/80 "2015-01-28T18:46:00Z")
Not enough wildlife represented. [Caracal](http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidbygott/3450821618/in/set-72157629111331428/lightbox/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021.md?page=5)