Day At the Beach

Semantic Trollcat

Tuesday Tune

Narrow lapels, terrible sixties videoing, three (or maybe four) chord lead guitaring, horribly staged walks around the stage by singer and guitarists. Nothing can hide the genius of Eric Burdon.

The Original Shaggy-Dog-Story

In the days of yore, a knight was on his way to do something terribly important, riding his horse into the ground to get to his destination as fast as possible. After being ridden too hard for too long, his horse became lame, and seeing a small town ahead he headed straight for the stables [...]

What Frozen Treat Are You?

It’s been a while since I posted a mindless blog quiz for my reader’s enjoyment. You Are a Popsicle You are colorful, creative, and expressive. You are often in your own little world, having the time of your life. People might be surprised to know that you’re actually a bit of a perfectionist. You like [...]

Build a Plane

I stress that I have not tested this. In fact I urge all my readers to not test this. Even you, gitwizard! I have just shown this to two overgrown kids men and they immediately began wondering if normal “Blowies” would be sufficient or if March or Horse Flies would be better.

Illusion

Are there any gray dots?

My Computer is Innocent

God and Honesty

Grandma’s Life #3

Not only did Grandma have to look beautiful all the time, she had to adapt to her husband’s or son’s hobbies. This from the Film Fun magazine, July 1937. Burgled from Vintage scans

Photo Hunt; Rocks

Above are some of the “Granites” near a small gold mining town named Mount Magnet in Western Australia’s Murchison mining province. They are about three to four metres in diameter! Again, around three to four metres tall, each rock in this neatly arranged pile is extremely ancient and, unlike the granites which were formed from [...]

How Many Legs Does A Centipede Have?

Not a hundred. The word centipede is from the Latin for ‘a hundred feet’, and though centipedes have been extensively studied for over a hundred years, not one has ever been found that has exactly a hundred legs. Some have more, some less. The one with the number of legs closest to one hundred was [...]

Uranium and a National Park

I am fortunate enough to live in an Australian National Park. The Rudall River National Park in the East Pilbara region of North Western Australia. While not a completely pristine area it retains its natural beauty despite the hordes of feral camels which run free. There are two settlements within the park boundaries. I live [...]

The Meaning of Life

BBC Quiz of the Week

I spent a part of the week in the company of some mining company people. No, not gold mining. Uranium mining. This will be the next big thing here in a National Park. WRONG! I cannot march and carry banners but I do have a blog and a keyboard. Well, I do have until I [...]