Strangely Perfect

Death Search Four men, old enough and with enough experience of life to be able to look after themselves, have gone missing in Loch Awe.  Two have been found dead and the search is still on.    This of course is tragic, but I can well understand their situation. Colony Holiday When I was 16, [...]

In this stark summary from a meeting of 2.5k scientists from across the globe, we find that not only is anthropomorphic climate change real, not only is it getting worse, but also, within the error margins for the ‘hockey stick‘ predictions of only a few years back, recent measurements put the actual effects at the [...]

View Larger Map While walking George the dog today, I spotted an Egret in town! You can tell it’s an egret because nothing else is so brilliantly white. The seagulls and terns look dull in comparison! This really shows the pace of global warming in my short lifetime. When I first went to France in [...]

Following on from a rapid two day whizz oop North (where it’s grim), I can confirm that it is indeed cold and wet. Time constraints meant I couldn’t visit anyone except close family.  Some may be glad at this eventuality, some maybe sad..   The low point of the trip I’ll leave for another time.  [...]

Raw sewage threat to booming Dubai Despite boasting several fancy shaped islands that are visible from space, a sail-shaped hotel, an indoor ski slope with real snow and a new city every day, the planners (for this whole false paradise of un-sustainability has actually been planned, don’t forget!) have forgotten to plan for all the [...]

Don’t let Sarah Palin’s obvious organisational ability and her successful prosecution of a hunt against corruption fool you into believing that she is anything but a nutter.  Two rights do not make a thousand wrongs.  There are many brave people around. Buddhism says that anyone has the Buddha nature within them, at all times.  Simultaneanity [...]

This song is spiffing. Or it’s really bad. I’ve noticed that when the subject of Arctic Monkeys arises, people either hate them or love them. Like Marmite. Yeah, just like Marmite. Oooh and by the way, I’ve heard that the Monkeys from the North actually enjoy the music of Crawling Chaos (but not that crappy [...]