Dating by Blood Type

People in most parts of the world do not think about their blood group much, unless they have an operation or an accident and need a transfusion. But in Japan, whether someone is A, B, O or AB is a topic of everyday conversation. There is a widespread belief that blood type determines personality, with [...]

Sky Watch Friday

Star Light Star bright, The first star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, Have the wish I wish tonight. Venus, tonight, just after sunfall.

‘Noah’s Ark’ discovered on Turkish mountain

A group of Chinese and Turkish evangelical explorers believe they may have found Noah’s Ark about 4,000 metres up a mountain in Turkey. The team say they recovered wooden specimens from a structure on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey that carbon dating proved was 4,800 years old, around the same time the ark is said [...]

Because It Made Me Laugh

The Bird Lover

A Mexican named Juan decided that he might be able to supplement his income by investing in, breeding, and selling tropical birds. He began by buying a large red-billed toucan and started to raise it in an attempt to discover if he had a flair for handling birds. He soon discovered that the care and [...]

The Body Was Still Warm

The Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), Australia’s solution to its own contribution to Global Warming has been shelved for three years. At which time it may be too late to have any effect. The First Dog On The Moon, Cartoonist for Crikey.com, Australia’s leading interwebby news source, has had a bit of a bark about it. [...]

How’s Your Spelling?

To whom it may consern! Read closely. It sez my spelling is perfict! Sew Their! Your Spelling is Perfect You got 10/10 correct. Your spelling is excellent. You also have a great memory and eye for detail. How’s Your Spelling? Blogthings: Free Quizzes for Everyone

Mean Arachnid

Progress

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950), Man and Superman (1903) “Maxims for Revolutionists” Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long. [...]

Marriage Tales

Whince upun a thyme, there was a man who married in his youth the most perfect woman for him. She was beautiful, charming, witty, independent, sexy and she loved her husband dearly. It caused him the utmost grief when she died not long after their marriage, and he mourned her for many years. In time [...]

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Zen Wishes

Grandma’s Life

From Vogue, June 1951. Burgled from Vintage Scans

Mining company accused of misleading radiation claims

A Canadian mining company has been accused of giving misleading information to traditional owners during a community workshop in the Pilbara. Cameco is planning to develop a uranium project north-east of Newman, at the edge of the Great Sandy Desert. Phoebe Clark from the Punmu community says company representatives told locals that radiation is not [...]

My New Guiding Principle