Thumbing through some site or other I came across this picture and it reminded me of one of my favourite superheros as a child – The Green Arrow. This is clearly not your usual depiction of said hero, but is much more in keeping with my adult [...]
Packing for a move to another city, another place, another job. Its time for something new, and I am excited about it. I have been throwing things out for the last few weeks in preparation of this possibility, or another possibility that has [...]
Searching, and looking for love this month are:
1. Jinn The Otter
The most famous antipodean animal has been flown to Christchurch's Willowbank Wildlife Reserve to meet five year-old male Jala. The celebrity wants to settle down and raise otter cub, but she might not be keen on her chosen mate, as zoo-keepers say Jala [...]
Not my usually flamingly usless word this week, but one thats been on my mind.
devotion n
1. profound dedication; consecration.
2. earnest attachment to a cause, person, etc.
3. an assignment or appropriation to any purpose, cause, etc.: the devotion of one's wealth and time to scientific advancement.
4. Often, [...]
I saw my ex a day or so ago. We had coffee.
A little while ago I wrote that finally I could say that I didn't want him back, but seeing him made me doubt the truth of that statement. He is still the most beautiful man I have ever seen – I can [...]
I was up in Sydney a little while back. I was having breakfast at the Tropicanna when a handsome guy came in to by himself a coffee, presumably on the [...]
OK, so I am 37 and while I recognise I am not of the skater dude crowd anymore, I think I remain reasonably with it. Certainly I am immersed in pop culture and had still dance like an escapee from Solid Gold with a serious caffeine addiction, but I got a nasty shock the other [...]
So whats going on in the scientific community over in Ireland?
The news today is lightly abuzz with reports that an Irish Company, Steorn, is claiming to have found a way to create free, clean and constant energy with no impact on the environment around it – there by breaking the law of physics [...]
Trichotillomania n
Trichotillomania (TTM) or "trich" is an impulse control disorder characterised by the repeated urge to pull out scalp hair, eyelashes, beard hair, nose hair, pubic hair, eyebrows or other body hair. It may be distantly related to obsessive-compulsive disorder, with which it shares both similarities and differences.
Trichotillomania has been mentioned as [...]
At 5.30 in the morning on September 11th 2001, I climbed down the hill from my place in San Francisco and caught the bus to go to the gym. As we went through the Castro, some old guy got on the bus – dishevelled, unwashed and wild eyed. He was [...]
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