SPIRALLING COILS OF SELF-REPLICATING DNA

Just reposting a little film I made. The voice is Douglas Adams..

DON’T EAT GAY ANIMALS ON A FRIDAY

On the largest scales the universe is evolving. In a few billion years our galaxy will merge with the Andromeda galaxy, our nearest big neighbour. The scales involved here mean that this will probably happen without any major collisions – just a series of gravitational interactions. For smaller things there are theories that cosmic rays [...]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY [on the 25th] SHANE MACGOWAN

There are a few things we can say with certainty about December 25th. One of them is that if there was such a person as Jesus then there is only a 1 in 365 chance* that he was born that day, no one knows it for certain. However, enjoy the time with your families and [...]

SIR EDMUND HILLARY STRANGELOVE

There is a larger point germinating in my mind about this at the moment but it is Saturday early evening and I just can’t help blurting out something about probably the strangest thing I have ever seen. I was in South Korea. I was with an Australian friend. We walked up a mountain. Not a [...]

AND SO IT GOES

Here’s what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to get what little is left of what we’re hooked on. Kurt Vonnegut The [...]

FUN AND GAMES [BUT NOT REALLY]

Was having a bit of fun with http://www.sockandawe.com/ but apparently the guy who really did it is not having too much fun. According to his brother [who told the AFP] and someone at opednews… The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at US President George W. Bush has a broken arm and ribs after being [...]

TWO DOCUMENTARIES

Just two documentaries you could watch if you have the time. The End of Suburbia talks about suburban life in the USA and its evolution. It explains quite well how it won’t last… Taxi to the Dark Side is a BBC documentary focusing on US policy regarding torture and some individual cases. It is interesting [...]

TYING THE CAT TO THE BED

I used to love protesting…or is the right name demonstrating? In fact, many of the things I went to could probably be called ‘walking around a bit with posters’. Thankfully, some of the ones I went to weren’t exactly like that. I liked the colours, the cameraderie, the noise, some of the songs and in [...]

TWO SOMETHINGS FOR SUNDAY

I am getting into a habit of checking Edward Current‘s channel on youtube and he doesn’t often disappoint. Here is the latest offertory… And on a different note, some suitably sundayish music. Mazzy Star – RIDE IT ON

MAKE THE TIME – THE WAR GAME

“Oh, where are you coming from, soldier, gaunt soldier, With weapons beyond any reach of my mind, With weapons so deadly the world must grow older And die in its tracks, if it does not turn kind?” Stephen Vincent Benet ‘The War Game’ is a documentary made in 1965 for the BBC by Peter Watkin. [...]