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
Archive for October, 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
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
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
Cruise Control v. Scientology [Posted from my iPhone] Tweet This Post
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
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
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
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
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
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