Mike on Mingus
13
Jan
Mike at a Papa Soul bash … Read More »
Category Archives: life
Do dolphins flick the bean?
11
Jan
Bottlenose dolphins have been observed in group orgies, using snouts, flippers and flukes to rub the protruding clitorises and penises of their peers. Direct stimulation of the clitoris has also been observed in sexual interactions between only females. We can’t scan … Read More »
Planting flowers for 2022
9
Jan
The other day I liked – both in the FB and literal sense – the post of a friend who’d offered this image. But isn’t it incompatible with the image I posted a few days ago? Only if we have … Read More »
Caesar salad
8
Jan
[ezcol_1third]Thanks to my Facebook pal, David Paul Jacobs, for this. Eat, chew, Brutus?[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end][/ezcol_2third_end] And thanks to another FB pal, Michael Stowell, for this. *
Battle of the mutes
6
Jan
January 5, 2022 provided perfect conditions at Attenborough Nature Reserve. After a spell of warm and wet, the fifth day of the year saw temperatures drop – and lashings of sunshine. The birds were out in force. No excuse, then, … Read More »
Far-left Sinophobia: an infantile disorder
4
Jan
Two days ago I noted how corporate media in the West give even positive news about China a negative spin by appending the rhetorical question, but at what cost? I should have added that China’s ultra-leftist critics, imperialism’s useful idiots, … Read More »
My date with Sister Scope
15
Dec
. Stats nerds and propellor-heads aside, humans are crap at probability. It’s not that we can’t do sums. Weaving the lanes of a crowded M1 at 70mph, cutting a zig-zag across a busy junction on foot or leaping for a … Read More »
Frankly I couldn’t give a damn …
5
Dec
Ever noticed how some people can lecture all day on the need for self awareness, in ways that exemplify about as much of the stuff as a well raised house plant? I know Frank from my stint in a spiritual … Read More »
Sunlit but wintry: Woollaton today
2
Dec
Yesterday was one of those days of dramatic change: skies almost black one minute, beatifically lit up the next. I’d been doing a spot of DIY for a stepdaughter in Derby, and was on my way to get the bus … Read More »
Another winter comes to Attenborough
29
Nov
It almost looks like summer for these tufted ducks, behind Attenborough Cricket Club. Or early autumn. But the world is dusted with snow. And there’s ice on the water. Though the birds are out in force, … Read More »