One Plus One Equals?

I do apologise to all non-mathematical readers but this one tickled my geekish nerve. There was a snake farmer who had a pair of snakes he was trying to breed. For the life of him, he couldn’t get them within two feet of each other. Frustrated, he called up the local herpetologist, and explained the [...]

Beaching

This morning there was a nice blue sky, light breeze and it was just starting to warm up. A nice Spring day. So I did what many West Aussies do on a day like this. I headed for the beach, camera in hand. Hoping for surfers and dolphins and such. I got such. The seas [...]

Grandma’s Life #57

Fashion predictions from the 1930′s by Pathetone Newsreels. Not too far wrong in some cases. Although they didn’t get the shortened skirts. But notice the mobile phone for the guy. And the pronunciation of “Aluminium”. “]

A Little Bit of the Past. In Colour

Every now and then I find something on the web which needs to be shared. And shared NOW! This is one such. London, 1927. No sound, but wonderfully sharp colour and none of the “Charlie Chaplin jerks”. I know it is over 10 minutes long but it is worth it. Pioneering film-maker Claude Friese-Greene brought [...]

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Wooing a Wench

Ol’ Chumbucket woos his wench, Mad Sally. With difficulty. “] It tastes like chicken! Burgled from the home of Talk Like a Pirate Day.

God and Pirates

Reverently burgled from I Am your God – Arrrrrrrrrr

Photo Hunt; School

In my short career as a school teacher I was lucky enough to capture this moment. And I was lucky enough to have a student who enjoyed looking at things in a way which was different.

Harrrrrrr

Pirates – It’s Nearly Here

THE WISH A pirate and his parrot, were adrift in a lifeboat following a dramatic escape from a valiant battle. While rummaging through the boat’s provisions, the pirate stumbled across an old lamp. Secretly hoping that a Genie would appear, he rubbed the lamp vigorously. To the amazement of the castaways, a Genie came forth. [...]

BBC Quiz of the Week

End of season Aussie football stuff this week. My team was knocked out but excelled itself over the season. There is a light on the horizon. The cricket season begins in a few weeks. Heaven. And an Ashes tour this year as well. This week the quiz is nicely varied with a world-wide range. I [...]

A bit of Intertubz silliness

And I needed to double-click on the image to make it go.

Sky Watch Friday

When we were young we learned stuff from the black-boards upon which our teachers wrote. When we grew up we played our corporate games in the writings on the white-boards in our offices. And sometimes, not often enough, we looked up at the giant blue-board which holds all the truth of life. Sometimes there are [...]

Abraca Dabra

A rose which is new to me. The Abracadabra. A magical mix of colours.

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