Where is he now?

Burgled from the incomparable  honjii

Photo Hunt; Creamy

What could be creamier than fresh milk? In the South West of Western Australia is a little town named “Brunswick Junction”. It is the centre of the local dairy industry. All the cows for miles around supply this factory where milk is pastuerised and separated. The cream is sold as cream or manufactured into the [...]

Which Office Moron are You?

I did work in an office. Several of them, over the years. I escaped with some of my sanity intact. Mostly. Well, partly. At least I have some inkling of the meaning of the word – – - Which Office Moron Are You? Rum and Monkey: jamming your photocopier one tray at a time.

Saturday Suzi

BBC Quiz of the Week

Busy busy busy yet again. There is a big festival/sports carnival coming up and the population here will jump by about 400% for a week. The only joy at the moment is that I get a week off in one week’s time and so I miss the actual event.  The preparations are still monstrous! Blog [...]

A Simple Quiz

Sky Watch Friday

Another of the glorious sunsets we are blessed with here in the desert. Great Sandy Desert, Australia. Should be called the Great Sunset Desert!

The Entomologist

Henry was an entomologist at the local university. He was to be up for a promotion this year and with the promotion would come tenure. But there was a problem. It was not that he couldn’t teach – indeed two years ago he’d been honored by the undergraduates by being named their favorite teacher – [...]

A Puzzling Tongue Twister

Read each line aloud without making any mistakes. If you make a mistake you MUST start again without going any further. This is this puzzle This is is puzzle This is how puzzle This is to puzzle This is keep puzzle This is an puzzle This is idiot puzzle This is busy puzzle This is [...]

For the Faint-Hearted

Burgled from Phil – another Phil

Deceptive

A Meditation

The death and life of ice cream. Meditate upon the frailties of life and the impermanence of beauty and epicurean perfection. Especially, consider the waste and the unsatisfied taste buds.

Thought for the day

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. Dorothy Parker

Tuesday Tune

Disturbing, vaguely erotic, and compelling, I have been hooked on this song since I first heard it. The singer is quite compelling as well. As with so much of the good artistic work coming out of North America, she is from Canada.  And is organising another Lilith Fair for 2010.

Ice-Cream Man

Carlos the ice-cream man’s van is parked at the side of the road. Lights flashing, music playing, a big queue of excited kids stretches down the street. But no sign of Carlos. A policeman walking down the road wonders what is going on. Where is Carlos? Why is he not dishing out the ice-cream? He [...]