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In which there are daft monkeys and devil dinosaurs
- It's not a 3 Daft Monkeys gig unless there's a scruffy dog onna string tied up at the back: Days of the Dance, by 3 Daft Monkeys (3min utu), although there are four of them at the moment... but perhaps only the original three band members are officially daft, lol.
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In which girls just want to have fun
I went Wales watching, which is like whale watching... with fewer boats and cetaceans but more rain and sheep.
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In which there are skeletons in and out of closets, also dodos and dinosaurs
- Dear Ray Harryhausen, I still remember your stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts.
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In which there are the Crystal Palace dinosaurs and the literature they inspired
In 1853, when the existence of dinosaurs was still a controversial subject, artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins made the Crystal Palace dinosaurs for exhibition to the public. His sculptures were the first attempts at reconstructing full-size dinosaurs. Academic arguments, publicity stunts, and hijinks ensued, including a full formal dinner served ( Read more... ) -
In which there are rainbows, ponies, and dinosaurs
- On sensory disabilities and superpowers: it's not that every cloud has a silver lining because lol NO, but I've noticed that a side-effect of my increasing photosensitivity is a wider range of vision for faint light sources which means I now see more rainbows, and more complex rainbows with supernumerary arcs and secondary arcs, and more ( Read more... ) -
In which there are attack dinosaurs, my digital nemesis, and Curious Magic
- I didn't mind the bruising, it's the inaccurate nomenclature I can't stand!!1!! As I emerged from the supermarket yesterday, I became collateral damage in a "pterodactyl" fight between two small (white) boys, except their weapons of choice were in fact plastic stegasauri, which are potentially much more painful.
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