Strangely Perfect

Ichinen Sanzen It (literally) means 3000 realms in a single moment of life.  This means that for any given moment your life is composed of everything; all thoughts, all history, all presents and all futures.  You only ‘sense’ things one at a time, yet they’re always there. I’ll soon be toddling off to the beach [...]

From Google Treasure Chest to Ubertan Sun Tan Scam in Nevis on the BBC? A.  yes it’s true! An article on the BBC website today highlighted the dangers of a tanning products called Ubertan.  On reading it, and following up with a simple Google search, the way it is portrayed in forums immediately set off [...]

It Was 50 Years Ago, Today …when mankind left the gravitational confines of our Earth. A poor boy from the steppes, Yuri Gagarin, simultaneously became the first man in space and the first man to leave Earth and orbit it completely.  (This is something that took NASA several steps before John Glenn finally emulated the [...]

R.I.P. Actor Nicholas Courtney So farewell Brigadier! Many a time you and your UNIT chums saved the world from horrible alien monsters.  It wasn’t always “The Doctor” and your calm panic and belief in the Doctor’s powers (despite himself) always pulled us through.  You acted with just the right amount of authority.   Saturday tea-times were [...]

Always worth a visit! Especially on a cold, foggy morning! Winter’s Gibbet, Elsdon, Northumberland, England, Uk in England And here is a picture from several years ago on one of my visits.

By Don Martin(1931 – 2000) Taken from “Mad’s Maddest Artist Don Martin Steps Out”

Following on from yesterday’s snow – it’s still here (plus icicles) but with the addition of a heron, studiously examining the fish pond….

And yes, brr, it’s cold, but not as bad as back home in Northumberland.  No way.

Thus are Jack Lemmon’s words (as the Prince) as he bids goodbye to Tony Curtis (as the Great Leslie) in the film “The Great Race” Today, it’s been announced thatTony Curtis has died.  I never knew that he was Hungarian….. See Film star Tony Curtis dies at 85 The quote is from the last 15 [...]

Okay. I’m back from a foreign holiday followed immediately by a Buddhist course during which I’ve had absolutely no internet access… It was lovely! The freedom, peace and heat.  Lovely. Thanks for everyone’s input in my absence.  I’ve now got a stack of comments to moderate and will very soon be back in action!

I just love the design, so I’ve ordered a few more before the budget!  They are by Shiroi Neko. “L.A. DINK” is what I like but I may try some others….

Yep!  You read it correctly! I’m shaking at the prospect of not having any cheese-rolling – said Diana Smart, a cheese-maker Apparently the annual suicidal, bone-cracking race down a huge precipitous grassy slope in Gloucestershire by a few hundred nutters has now ballooned into a 15,000 folk free-for-all due to modern instant news and communications. [...]

Introduction Some time ago I tried out Flickr, ultimately deciding to host my own pictures on-site.  I don’t the idea of someone having MY picture resource at THEIR beck and call… Whatever.  FlickrHQ sent me an email today (from “The Flickreenos” by gad!) introducing me to something they call, People in Photos. As they say, [...]

Much merriment is being made about the Spanish  presidency website being hacked and Mr Zapatero’s image being replaced by that of Mr Bean.  See Mr Bean replaces Spanish PM on EU presidency site However, the images also seem very similar to those of France’s President Sarkozy.  Are they all, in some way, related?