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Many are saved from sin by being so inept at it.

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... The tale of Lego... The Sunday Times' headline: "100 cod left". The actual figure...? 21 MILLION . Has there ever been a more statistically-incorrect media headline? The BBC explores why media outlets struggle so much with complex data . Also, a nice overview of Berlin and its 'democratic' canteen culture... They’re all on welfare AND taking our jobs! A nice little piece on confirmation bias . Language changes. Get used to it! Experiments on mice show that early social deprivation leads to problems with working memory and social behaviour which aren't reversible. It may help us understand and treat behaviour disorders in humans . " Most of the British Empire in the 19th and 20...

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

Next stop, Antarctica! CSIRO Building, Battery Point. June 2012. Wordless Wednesday.

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

A hole in the fence. Clarke Avenue, Battery Point. May 2012. Sunday Top Five day and this morning another reminder of the joys of children! Dear Little Ezra® came in to our bedroom this morning with some fanfare, announcing that it was his intention to vomit right there and then. Cue lots of frantic rushing about to ferry said child to toilet, get a hold of a large bowl for any other spillage and so on. I will confess to being slightly sceptical about the validity of the initial claim (this is my nature), I did set about addressing the strict list of demands advanced by my youngest son (while he convalesced in bed, ( my bed, with my wife and my electric blanket on). Anyway, this list of demands (i.e. breakfast) is today's list: Five Things That Ezra Requested (And Ate) For Breakfast, Thus Really Establishing The Fact That He Is Not - Contrary To His Claims Otherwise - In Fact Sick! A croissant(hot) A large bowl of Coco Pops 'Chex' (with milk) A large bowl o...

It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

Red is the colour of my true love's platelets, in the morning, when we rise. That's the time, that's the time we love the best.

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.

The day that Henry went all Syd Barrett on us.

I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.

Looking through a hole in the back fence, April 2010 . Good Friday, eh? I bet Jesus is wondering what was so good about it!