Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus aka Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, only son of Agrippina the Younger, sister of emperor Caligula and daughter of Germanicus, who was grandson to Augustus's wife, Livia, on one side and to Mark Antony and Octavia on the other. Right in the most prominent aristocratic ( Read more... )

Art imitates Life imitates Art?A New Zealand couple from Roturua are reportedly on the run after $NZ10 million - instead of $NZ10,000 - was mistakenly deposited in their Westpac bank account.
(Assorted news stories abound; comments (some context, especially on the comments).)

Please to observe the Sydney Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef (with patterns), the local iteration of a multi-person-created installation which is to be exhibited at our Powerhouse Museum during the Ultimo Science Festival (last year's site linked here) in August 2009. They have workshop meetings on the last Sunday of the month, so there's still some ( Read more... )

Trying to resist the Pretty, Pretty, Shiny Things!

How cruel is this lioness, tempting, teasing, playing with her prey? Go thou, & save me from temptation. Take them away!

Repeating my earlier entry on the same subject: Magpie Telegraph Alert
My Tormenting Temptress, Elysian One, has had a bit of an unpleasant time and setback recently. She's ( Read more... )

Seeing the set (see links below) about the 'reality' of the Windows XP default wallpaper screen background reminded me of my small project in Tasmania.


Bucolia Backgrounds - Tasmania 2005


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What is happening in Canada, from Yarn Harlot (3-Dec-2008)
www.yarnharlot.ca/ blog/ archives/ 2008/ 12/ 03/ what_is_happening_in_canada.htmlThere is confusion over what's happening in Canada's government. This is a primer for non-Canadians (and some Canadians) about this mess
I may, someday, put up some links about 'The Dismissal' of November 11, ( Read more... )

Pharyngula The Darwin year begins…NOW!: It was on 1 July 1858, 150 years ago today, that the idea of natural selection was first presented to the public in a joint reading of Darwin's and Wallace's papers at the Linnean Society of London
Some Darwin-related Links

The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online; free, includes items not in public domain
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My Tormenting Temptress, Elysian One, has had a bit of an unpleasant time and setback recently. She's started a special sudden June Shiny Sale of her jewellery to help recover. It's fascinating, captivating, intriguing, sometimes glorious, stuff. Or pretty and shiny, if you will. Maybe you'll like it ( Read more... )

Just In Case someone is reading this, here's some information about something you might enjoy, if you're able to be there.
Fourth Street Fantasy Convention (see www.4thstreetfantasy.com)
I’ve heard tales, … I know people who traveled to [it] … It is a place where conversations have depth, and plant seeds of thought, sometimes even seeds of ( Read more... )

Cackhanded
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-cac1.htm

NY Times - Health
A Disease That Allowed Torrents of Creativityhttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/health/08brai.htmlRead more... )