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fun with kinder surprise #7264: goatboy and the easter bunny versus the evil spinners of doom
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sing huzzah! the easter bunny emerged unscathed!
5th Apr 2010, 19:31
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easter rebirth
the plant that my little eggies are nestled within has a very special ability. being from the arid wilds of north africa it quickly dries up, curls into a ball and dies under the scorching hot sun. when the rainy season returns however, its branches open out and seeds are dispersed.
this particular plant has long since died, but whenever I add a bit of water to its base its branches open out slowly as if dispersing seeds, and a pleasing scent is released. it may be dead but it is programmed to act as if it is still alive. it will continue to do so for decades.
the plant's name is anastatica hierochuntica, colloquially known as rose of jericho, st mary's flower, and... resurrection plant.
this particular plant has long since died, but whenever I add a bit of water to its base its branches open out slowly as if dispersing seeds, and a pleasing scent is released. it may be dead but it is programmed to act as if it is still alive. it will continue to do so for decades.
the plant's name is anastatica hierochuntica, colloquially known as rose of jericho, st mary's flower, and... resurrection plant.
4th Apr 2010, 22:51
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s tuberosum
4th Apr 2010, 00:06
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I am so bloody clever...
so I took apart the little plastic attachment on the top of my lomo fisheye camera and fiddled around with the little lenses inside. one lens, about four millimetres in diameter, I blu-tacked to the front of my camphone. and voila! instant macro-lens camera! I've always wanted one of these, and it didn't cost me a bean. not bad, huh?
6th Mar 2010, 12:22
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snowkitin'
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fresh, cold, invigorating...
4th Mar 2010, 19:51
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happy 201st birthday
guess whose birthday I was celebrating last night...?
13th Feb 2010, 10:06
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the book of genesis
since the new year I've been listening to the old testament as an audiobook. I read the bible many years ago but I'm using this method as a "refresher course." it's appropriate then that I got my hands on a pictorial assessment of the text, robert crumb's wonderful the book of genesis illustrated. far from being a cheap parody, it's an honest and accurate depiction of the first book of the bible. clearly I am not the only moblogger who owns this book.
the book is a joy to hold. the pages smell lovely, the paper is thick and pleasing to touch. with every turn of a page I crease down the edge, making the marks mine. I accidentally spilled some tea on the edge of one of the pages - I'll cherish that stain for years to come. reading holy texts in comicbook format is a rare pleasure I would recommend to people of all persuasions.
crumb's yahweh is unsmiling and paranoid, a straight up old-man-with-a-beard depiction with facial features based on crumb's father. eve is buxom and manly like all of crumb's women. I love the baffled and hopeless expressions of the natives, especially noah and abraham. when one of their family dies, the natives look utterly despondent.
shocking, beautiful and brutal at turns, crumb's genesis faithfully renders the most grotesque of all creation myths.
the book is a joy to hold. the pages smell lovely, the paper is thick and pleasing to touch. with every turn of a page I crease down the edge, making the marks mine. I accidentally spilled some tea on the edge of one of the pages - I'll cherish that stain for years to come. reading holy texts in comicbook format is a rare pleasure I would recommend to people of all persuasions.
crumb's yahweh is unsmiling and paranoid, a straight up old-man-with-a-beard depiction with facial features based on crumb's father. eve is buxom and manly like all of crumb's women. I love the baffled and hopeless expressions of the natives, especially noah and abraham. when one of their family dies, the natives look utterly despondent.
shocking, beautiful and brutal at turns, crumb's genesis faithfully renders the most grotesque of all creation myths.
26th Jan 2010, 21:23
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falkirk wheel in oatmeal
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I asked a pal if I should title this picture "falkirk wheel in green" - he informed me that the wheel "looks more of an oatmeal colour" and so the revised title is as above. he also had no shame in taking the piss out of my photography, stating that the picture was "taken from a bad angle" and has "a poor sense of scale". he'll be dead by lunchtime :)
9th Dec 2009, 13:53
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