Travels on Planet Earth - A blog
www.flickr.com Niltiac1′s Halloween 2007 photoset Happy Halloween! Tonight is the actual night, though all the activity seems to be on the weekend either side. I did see one lone trick-or-treater out with her mother earlier in the evening but no one has come knocking at our door so the silver chocolate coins are sitting in [...]
Check out this freaky optical illusion of a woman dancing. Apparently, if you see her spinning anti-clockwise you are a left-brain dominated person – that is, someone dominated by logic, facts and details. This is the way most people apparently see it. However, if you see her spinning clockwise, then you are right-brain person – [...]
I should probably see a psychiatrist. I’m obviously insane since I’ve gone and pledged my November to the task of writing a novel in 30 days. I’ve signed up to NaNoWriMo, which stands for National Novel Writing Month, except it’s actually international. The idea is that you have to write a novel in a month [...]
In these days of budget airlines and crammed economy class seats, it’s hard to remember that in the 1960s flying was deeply glamorous. A trans-Atlantic flight cost about half the price of a modest house with an outdoor loo in suburban London and even the cheapest fares had reclining seats. And of course flight attendants [...]
I missed the game between England and Australia today. I’m kind of glad as it would have been a little depressing to watch. Even as it is, I’m still getting messages from gloating Poms. This evening we went to see Superbad, which was an okay and somewhat amusing comedy about two high school seniors trying [...]
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