From the monthly archives: September 2009

Stephen Hawking, Carl Sagan and Arthur C. Clarke on the universe and ideas of god

On September 21 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Diary

From the 1988 programme God, The Universe, and Everything Else.

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Wood/stone/stone/wood

On September 20 2009 · 1 Comment · In Diary, Photography

via flickr.com

I was reminded of this by @josephalford‘s post on the stone trees of Yakutsk. Photographed in 2005 at Curio Bay in New Zealand, the wood knot in this tree branch has been perfectly preserved, part of a petrified forest on the beach.

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I iz a sucker for teh cutez

On September 18 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Diary

Sad bereft wallaby is sad.

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From my photo album, Weinert Mendoza wine cellar

On September 18 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Diary

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Found this in my old photos and remembered how much I liked Argentina.

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For life coaches, success experts, opportunity-mongers and other Twitter bullshitters

On September 18 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Diary

via miscellanea.wellingtongrey.net

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Humans encounter unusual creature. Humans kill said creature. The Sun offers a biography of Gollum and a shit video.

On September 18 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Diary

via thesun.co.uk

These stories always start with the creature being killed. If aliens ever land, it won’t matter that we’ve seen a million science fiction movies, we’ll still throw rocks at them until they’re dead.

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