And I don't think I can /do/ anything with it, but while driving this evening we saw on one side the lower arc of a rainbow leading into the clouds, and on the other finger-rays of light pouring out from the clouds that hid the sun, and I thought: /"And there was war in heaven,"/ because it was quite clearly the gods of Asgard and the angels of ( Read more... )

It's official: Amazon will be making a Middle-earth TV series. But it's not going to be The Lord of the Rings; the press release is very clear that they're looking elsewhere for their stories:

"We... are thrilled to be taking The Lord of the Rings fans on a new epic journey in Middle Earth ( Read more... )

I just finished a big long post about the Amazon-Middle-earth deal on my phone. I did it in an email, so I wouldn't accidentally hit 'back' and lose it. I clicked and dragged to select the whole thing, so I could copy it across ( Read more... )

This is an infographic on gun deaths in America. It's very simple. It starts with the number of people killed in the Las Vegas shooting the other week. Then it compares it to the number of people killed by guns in Australia this year (not including suicides), which is actually less ( Read more... )

Today is the 50th anniversary of the declaration of the Principality of Sealand. By sheer fluke, we were today in Felixtowe, where we could see the 'island' itself out over the waves.

Sometimes, the world is kind of cool. ^_^

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"And if our human rights laws get in the way of doing it, we will change the law so we can do it."

Who do you think - Trump, maybe? Nigel Farrage? Some African dictator, or maybe Kim Jong Un?

No, it's the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May, explaining how she intends to combat terrorism by a 'guilty until proven innocent' policy ( Read more... )

Last night three people drove a van off the road in central London and then went on a stabbing spree. Six people dead, plus the three attackers (shot by police ( Read more... )

So we all know the world is careening into disaster at the hands of Twitter Personality & President Donald J. Trump. At this point that's practically old news ( Read more... )

Tonight it is misty enough that I feel like I should be putting on a tattered cloak and going out jumping.