Archive for October, 2009

October 25, 2009

Wörd of the week – Tsuji-giri

Tsuji-giri n. a Japanese word from samurai days meaning, “to try out a new sword on a passer-by” Tweet This Post

God Geeks attack Atheists
October 21, 2009

God Geeks attack Atheists

oh good lord – so to speak Atheists in Australia are under cyber attack now, because thats the Christian thing to do. The websites of both the Atheist Foundation of Australia and the Global Atheist Convention were knocked offline in a major cyber attack yesterday afternoon. More to be read …Read the Rest

Nature Abhors a Vacuum
October 21, 2009

Nature Abhors a Vacuum

Strap yourself in kids, we’re geeking out. The possibility of a time travelling particle is currently doing the rounds of Geekendom. The Higgs Boson particle, theorised to exist for only a tiny micro-moment at the start of the universe is used to explain how the universe has as much mass …Read the Rest

Facial Bones Grown From Fat-Derived Stem Cells
October 18, 2009

Facial Bones Grown From Fat-Derived Stem Cells

This makes me feel much better. a/ I have plenty to work with b/ I have been accused of being two or off my – face many a time so this gives me high hopes of a medical solution just around the corner Tweet This Post

Wörd of the Week – Cruise Control
October 18, 2009

Wörd of the Week – Cruise Control

Cruise Control v. Scientology [Posted from my iPhone] Tweet This Post

Publishing a Retraction
October 17, 2009

Publishing a Retraction

I feel the need to publish a retraction. I recently commented on what I believed to be Leona Lewis’ new album – “Best Kept Secret“, that it was dreadful and I completely understood the title because I felt it was indeed – best kept secret. Having purchased and listened to …Read the Rest

British Radio
October 17, 2009

British Radio

British Radio seems to have never escaped the war and rationing, or an aesthetic that has a charm and beauty all its own. This is of course from a man who was raised on the Goon Show by his father, a man with humour so dry it had sand dunes …Read the Rest

Let dead nuns lay
October 15, 2009

Let dead nuns lay

India and Albania are currently having a squabble over the remains of Mother Teresa – Nun, Nobel Laureate and perpetual Jan to Princess Diana’s Marcia. Ok. EW!!!! Lets face it. She’s been buried a while, so unless someone did a better job of embalming her than they did of Lenin, …Read the Rest

The Curmudgeonification of a Fallen Woman
October 11, 2009

The Curmudgeonification of a Fallen Woman

Am I getting old? Is that it? Or is that I read “too” much? Perhaps I am just a cranky person and these things get to me. Last night there were HUNDREDS of post on Facebook about Danii Minogue making a comment on X Factor (aka – one of those …Read the Rest

Footprints
October 8, 2009

Footprints

As we like to say back in the mother country, “Life’s a Beach”. Sunshine, surprises, storms, warmth, tide pools, body surfing, tempests, naked swims together in the moonlight and solitary sunrises. The only thing about the sea, and the shore, there is always, always change. Through what seems right now …Read the Rest

Strangely Impersonal
October 7, 2009

Strangely Impersonal

I am feeling strangely impersonal, or disconnected today. This seems appropriate. Some inconsequential prize to the first person who figures it out. Tweet This Post

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