| Title | Description |
| Steam, Iron and Beauty |
I've come back from magic. Transported to a world, parallel to ours where giant mechanical elephants, belly filled with dignitaries, roam the centre of a city very similar to London. Spaceships that have travelled from afar crash into tarmac, and... |
| When Boys are But Half a Girl... |
Having always romantisised the Hymenoptera (the venerable social insects), and anthropomorphised their wonderful matriarchal feminism, the mysteries of how they make their men has always fascinated. As I learnt a long time ago, boys come from eggs without needing sperm,... |
| ¡ ¡ ¡ Viva Inmigración ! ! ! |
Beautiful. More than half a million people demonstrated against H.R. 4437 in Los Angeles recently. H.R. 4437, aka "The Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005", is a sadly hysterical bigoted bill that makes small immigration... |
| How not to commit suicide... |
Most people who try to commit suicide fail (though I doubt it is a high as the 90% value that has been suggested). And sadly, a substantial number of those will suffer the side effects of the unsuccesful attempt, as... |
| Floating as Butterflies; Stinging as Bees |
The insectophile in me is very excited that the first festival celebrating, to quote: ... appreciation of âinsects in art and the art of being an insectâ, the Pestival aims to create positive PR for this 400-million-year-old, highly evolved taxon... |
| IGOR CUTLEP, temerity no more... |
Igor is extirpated, and the hefty fabric of reality sighs briefly. Yet his creases, delicate but sharp, remain. Let us have some fun and read Igor's obituaries. Let us compare them and then categorise them: Independent gushes at celebrity... |
| Decidedly "Average"... |
So, though it it now obviously some kind of liberal sport, this is nevertheless a funny critique of "educational" toys with a twist... Baby Bush Toys | Simple Products for Simple Minds... |
| e-volve |
As once more in the cyclical war of attrition between creationists and scientists, evolution is yet again being grilled over hot coals. The following article published in evolution is a fairly straight response and guide to the current evo-criticism: PERSPECTIVE:... |
| Utopian Surgery |
I had never concieved of it, yet with the advent of anæsthesia, there came a resistance to the utility of it for surgical interventions! Before the advent of anaesthesia, medical surgery was a terrifying prospect. Its victims could suffer indescribable... |
| The Opera Browser is now Free Without Ads |
The best web browser around, Opera, have now made their new version V8.5 free of Ad banners. It doesn't effect me as a (was) licenced user, but for all those who hesitated to try Opera because of the Ad's in... |
| I'll bite your tongue off⦠|
The tongue-eating isopod [Cymothoa exigua] causes degeneration of the tongue [through siphoning and consuming the arterial blood supply] of its host fish, the rose snapper, Lutjanus guttatus, and it then attaches to the remaining tongue stub and floor of the... |
| Threads blowing in the wind... |
Michael Meacher has written an interesting article on the links between British support and funding of Islamic insurgents in Afghanistan and Bosnia, and the current London bombings (and wider context of the "war" on "terror"). Although the lines he sketches... |
| Lost in Photo-op Land |
Can you believe this; Bush's visit to New Orleans forced helicopters to be grounded for the duration of his visit, thus delaying distribution of three tons of food to the survivors: Bush Halts Food Deliveries... There is even a report... |
| Less ripped off? |
London has slid from being the 6th most expensive to the 8th most expensive City in the World. I was hoping that was because of lower costs, but it seems that it is because Oslo (now No. 2) and Rekyavik... |
| Cephalopod-Food |
As part of my ongoing, everpresent cephalopodic obsession, here is some fascinating footage; the invertebrate Octopus attacking and snacking on sharks ...... |
