Frankly Scarlett, I DO Give A Damn

From the book of the same name, published in 1996. The authors were Beverley West and Nancy Peske. They asked “Why do all the great romances of literature end tragically – for the heroine? Surely there must be a way for love to flourish without some poor unfortunate woman throwing herself in front of a [...]

God and Puritans

Burgled from I Am your God

Photo Hunt; Books

I spend much of my time with these sorts of books. And they aren’t even real books. All glass and electrons and stuff. These are the sorts of books I wish I could spend more time on!

Saturday Suzi

She made leather look so hot.

Lost

BBC Quiz of the Week

Busy busy busy at the moment. I’ll finish this off later this evening. In the meantime – have a go at the quiz – I haven’t had time yet . So how will you go in this week’s BBC News Quiz of the Week. Good luck  Previous Dunces. 15th May, 2/7, nursemyra 8th May, 1/7, [...]

Sex with Ducks

“Riki “Garfunkel” Lindhome and Kate “Oates” Micucci sing a pro-gay marriage song in response to a Pat Robertson quote that legalizing gay marriage would lead to legalizing sex with ducks.” Found over at daisymae’s place so blame her.

Sky Watch Friday

Lolling back looking up at the White Gum which is offering a little shade from the startlingly clear canopy above  the Australian Outback. Reflecting on the contrasts between the stark white of the trunk, the green of the leaves and the blue of the relentless summer sky. Even the shade is hot. Aware that those [...]

Older Generation

Reflections

Yesterday it rained! We had more rain in twelve hours than we had during the entire Wet season. We have puddles, we have aircraft stranded on a wet gravel airstrip, we have roads which will need grading as soon as possible, we have cold, wet feet! We also had reflections this evening.

Murder on the farm

In the depths of the countryside there lived a farmer who took care of baby animals. The farm was very peaceful until one day the farmer’s pig was murdered. Now the farmer took the incident very seriously, so he started an investigation. Unfortunately, the only witness the farmer had to this murder was his pet [...]

Twisted

Court Rules Against Book Reviewers

(May. 11, 2009) On April 23, 2009, a federal district court in the southern Russian province of Dagestan issued an unprecedented ruling, ordering a journalist of a local newspaper to pay compensation in an amount equal to US$1,000 to a writer who did not like a review of his book published in the newspaper. The [...]

Outnumbered Again

This was too good to leave alone. You should only hate people you know!

Raggedly Purple

These flowers will eventually turn into bush tomatoes. A true tomato, it is a member of the Solanum genus. Just don’t eat the little black seeds. They cause interesting effects at the other end of the digestive tract.