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The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir.

Have you ever tried a torpedo punt while holding a chocolate scone? Ezra does not recommend it.

Those who do not complain are never pitied.

Look at Henry climb The Nut! Go on, look at him!

Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning.

... [Groping for metaphor.] ...

I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.

This is the bloke who can eat his own weight in berries. [ He has form. ]

If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.

Preparing the jellyfish prison...

I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood.

Santa has come and gone for another year.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

Climbing the dunes. Nutgrove Beach, Sandy Bay. December 2012. As you know, the Internet is a wonderful place filled with the rich and varied treasures of the world holds (and RSS feeds.) The following are some things that I've had a look at in the last week. I call this: a Compendium of Click-throughs for Monday Morning... A great read on the death of a city: The Land of Topless Minarets and Headless Little Girls . Well worth your time. The Onion nails it: Right To Own Handheld Device That Shoots Deadly Metal Pellets At High Speed Worth All Of This. Humans think that they are better than animals. They are, of course, NOT . Some choice examples of futuristic Soviet architecture . John Birmingham waxes lyrical about the great experience of his daughter's state school. Hello Sailor! The Nautical Roots of Popular Tattoos... A great reverse prank courtesy of YouTube...

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

Here is a portrait of young Henry hard at work washing windows. We'll label this Candid head shot, classic focal length 100 mm with fast lens/ shallow depth of field . Or I could just call it Our 'enry washing the car . Either way works for me.

"No comment" is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again.

Henry : lord of the jigsaw...

The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.

Alas, he didn't find any buried treasure in Melbourne, and I still have to got to work...

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

I'll give the two little blokes their due, when we were in Melbourne I reckon that they walked over 25 kilometres each!

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

London 2012: here we come ...

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

I call this: Ampelmännchen strides in amongst the dunes .

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.

[Grand] Master Ezra and his lovely assistant have branched out into a new form of business: counterfeiting ! Unfortunately, they have only perfected the art of counterfeiting Zimbabwean currency, and that is of no use to anyone! BAH!

That's the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me.

Continuing our preparation for the conquering the pole , I've set Ezra on an extracting regimen of САМозащита Без Оружия . If the lads are expected to survive the tests that crossing Antarctica barefoot (we need more sponsorship money for proper shoes) will throw at them, a sound knowledge encyclopaedic knowledge of the fighting arts is vital . I expect that the Emperor Penguins will not take too kindly to interlopers, and thus my intrepid explorers must be ready to take all comers. Sambo will give them this. I have it on good authority that penguins are well versed in ju-jitsu...