I liked this site. It’s called The Silly Walks generator only a bit of fluff really… but fun 😀

I was reading today an article about why leaves turn red in Autumn just before they fall. Seems they contain a brilliant red pigment called anthocyanin. Scientists have known it exists for a long time but weren’t clear what was happening when the leaves turned read… or why. Seems the answer is that the pigment … More Anthocyanin in the wintertime

I know about taste, smell, sight, touch, and hearing… and there are people who break down touch in to warmth and cold… but I’m sure there are others. For example ‘self awareness’… our sense of ‘self’ and our awareness of what our body ‘feels… for example… if I feel ‘weak’ isn’t that a manifestation of … More Five Senses?

Monday night saw the release of an episode of Australian Story featuring Bindi Irwin who told how her fathers death and the subsequent media pressure was affecting her life. Other members of the family also spoke to reassure supporters of their intense desire to protect not only Bindi, Bob and Terri… but Steve’s memory and … More Interest in the Irwin clan still intense.

I was thinking maybe death will be a bit of a bummer for atheists and agnostics. I mean if their perspective is correct… and there is no afterlife… then they’ll have nobody to crow to about how they were right all along! In fact they won’t even retain enough consciousness to know they were ever … More Death after life?

I suppose I’m getting jaded maybe but I’m wondering just *why* we continually fight this battle we can’t win? Ok we like flowers… we like fruit… veggies… a specific collection of bushes, bulbs or whatever plants… I suppose basically we like order… but it can never last. No matter how brilliant our design or exotic … More Gardening – very Zen

Well here I am, sitting in the cafe at the ice rink, hot chocolate next to me, kids away from me and with no obvious connection to the net. I like this wireless deal… I’ve a 1Mb connection with no hassles whatever! It has it’s drawbacks tho. This ISP only operates around Sydney so if … More Wireless rules ok?

Around 90% of New South Wales is now drought declared. Farmers are watching helpless as creeks stop running and their dams dry out. Stock prices are falling, crops are failing, feed is becoming impossible to buy even if the farmers had the money available to spend. For some it’s becoming a nightmare. Farm after farm … More Drought hitting hard – desalination plants *now*!

I realised last night that I really *have* arrived as a Grumpy Old Man. True a couple of years ago I registerd a site called “Fat Old Gits” which was supposed to let me sound off about ‘stuff’… but that site eventually morphed into this blog and I abandoned the domain so don’t go looking … More Grumpy Old Men

One possible excuse for the continued illegal incarcertion of David Hicks by the USA is that he is “an enemy combatant” and if released would return to the battlefield. This is a reasonable excuse I must admit… but *if* that is their excuse then why isn’t he being held as a Prisoner of War under … More David Hicks – prisoner of conscience?