cosmic shorts

apparently, some cosmic body thingies are going to align, and it's to do with my shorts...


It beats the whole circle-in-a-square but no triangle business

soil and soul

My desire and my dreams in the cold hill, the cold hill,
..With her pure spring water roaring down through a mist,
The sun and the starlight kissing her tresses
..While I want her and crave her as long as I live

- from 'Fhuar-Bheinn' - 'The Cold Hill', Rev Dr Kenneth Macleod

It's not just water that quenches thirst

figures

The UK population is approximately 63,000,000, which is both 62,999,999 too many and 1 too few

newspaper funnies

The 80 pence spent on Friday's Guardian newspaper proved worth it - if just for the funny articles relating to reality tv, pretentious toffs, philosophy and kinky sex. Two items from the G2 supplement:


And this (unrelated) gem, discussing possible nicknames for a politician:

Nick “30 Women” Clegg. Strictly speaking it should be “No More Than 30 Women”, but that’s a bit long-winded, and sounds more like a request. “Approximately 30 Women” sounds forgetful and “30 Women, Roughly” positively invites misunderstanding.

:D

the second heart

As he ate
I proffered a sweeter flesh,
flesh attended by love and hope,
and bid him eat of the new heart
instead

He took, squinted, sniffed and gnawed,
tasted - tested and recoiled,
throwing the new heart away, wailing
"Vile - vile sweetness, foreign to my tongue
and better tasting, but alien and worse!"

And he squatted upon the ground,
held his heart in his hands,
and ate of it,
hissing "Bitter, bitter -
to bitterness I am accustomed, bitterness I will eat"

the human condition

'Don't touch me! Don't question me! Don't speak to me! Stay with me!'

-- Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett