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Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

Quite. The corner of King and Princes Streets, Sandy Bay. April 2012. Wordless Wednesday.

It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.

WATCH OUT! Underneath the Tasman Bridge, as seen from the western shore on the north side. November 2011. Watery Wednesday , and I very nearly captured a tragedy here. I can neither confirm or deny whether or not this intrepid crew of marine security services foiled a plot devised by a ruthless cabal of shags - on the rock broken pylon in the centre of the picture - to blow up the Tasman Bridge and sever connection between Hobart's eastern and western shores.

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

Penguin rampage! Melbourne Aquarium, April 2011. If it's not flocks of sharks terrorising innocent civilians, it's hordes of penguins! I see that the US government is claiming that a group of Navy Seals killed nullified Mr Bin Ladin. I'm not so sure. I have a theory that it was a crack group of rogue Navy Penguins ... Pingüino alboroto! Melbourne Aquarium, April 2011.

War is what happens when language fails.

I snapped this photo on New Years Eve. I have no idea what kind of plane it is, and rolled a dice that it would be a Yak-3 or maybe a F4F Wildcat. It could just as easily be a Sopwith Camel, for all I know, however. If anyone can identify it, I'd welcome your input. Today's Top Five? My Top Five Boys Names That I Don't Like That End In 'Den' ! 1: Jaiden 2: Raiden 3: Clayden 4: Aiden 5: Slayden (I saw this one the other day)

Do as I say, not as I do

That naughty Abu Bakar Bashir is at it again! I don't want to enter too much into this guy or his latest caper, because to be honest there is no need as the guy doesn't need my help to establish that he is a fool. However, there is one aspect of his latest tirade against infidels that struck me. Here is this bloke, 69 years old, advising to the youth of Indonesia that "the young must be first at the front line - don't hide at the back. You must be at the front, die as martyrs and all your sins will be forgiven. This is how to achieve forgiveness." Right. And how many times has old Abu martyred himself for the grand cause? That would be the first question I would ask if someone was advising me to die for something they believe in.