Rereading children’s books as an adult – those you haven’t looked at once since childhood – you sometimes slam into a particular contraction of response: a sort of ultra-localised Tom’s Midnight Garden Effect (TMGE), in […]

lonely aquatic dinosaur seeks similar for laughs, moonlit walks. no smokers or stegosauri
i. all other lake monsters have better names viz ogopogo, mamlambo, bessie oh wait ii. at least mamlambo (“half-fish, half-horse monster”) EATS PEO[…]

stick with the beasts we got plz #4: the ROC
yes yes it is the biggest bird ever SO WHAT?
i. it is telling i think that the roc’s EGG features more in stories than roc herself ii. haha “a roc chick”
conclusion: cf also the ZIZ, n[…]

stick with the beasts we got plz #3: the ANT LION
so this lion and this ant got it on and hey presto! The cub-larva has big cat’s face, insect’s thorax, eats only that which is both meat and grain, hence ie starves STRAIGHT AWAY!!
i. i[…]

narnian bible studies: or good beast/bad beast
ok there are dozens of spots in the chronicles of narnia where you think EXCUSE ME just what kind of xtianity does mr clive staples lewis think he is propagandisin FOR plz thkyou, eg in last battle alon[…]

why the WEST WING is so brilliant part a squillion
ok the ep wz the part two of the zoe=kidnapped story, which closed the series just broadcast on c4, and all through the early part of this last ep mark s = “ambushed” by “unexpecte[…]

the fine art of the CEASE AND DESIST letter
small websites ARE occasionally targetted by lawyerly types unbothered by the actual real reality of the law, for purposes of intimidation[…]

“In the lands of the North…
… where the Black Rocks stand guard against the cold sea, in the dark night that is very long the Men of the Northlands sit by their great log fires and they tell a tale…”
(haha the Top 100 […]

what is it goin to BEEEEE??
my office overlooks a building being newly builded: this is v.interesting over an above the excitement of watching others toil while you loll: today they installed a strange narrow slender balcony out from one of the high[…]

STEAMED SPINACH!!
the atommick brane reminded me of steamed spinach: here is my question about it:
steam it for 3 minute = half the original size steam it for 6 mins = quarter the original size steam it for 9 mins = eighth the original size
so if[…]