My entry for Elegantly Dressed Wednesday – John Owers. This dashing fellow is my claim to fame, my cousin once removed is related by marriage to John’s (step?) brother. Front cover of $RANDOM-TRASHY-CELEB-MAG here I come. John was a bit part film actor in several 1940s films, his most significant being Scott of the Antarctic …
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Something in the air…
In another life I was a particle physicist, or rather I become an engineer involved in the ATLAS detector at the LHC Cern. Things change, projects carry on and I quit to blow things up with big lasers. One of the primary stated aims of the LHC is to find the Higgs particle before any …
WTF?
They paid £400,000* for this? It’s graffiti isn’t it? Couldn’t they have given Daniel Halpin (the TOX-03 guy from the tube) a small grant and got him to spray LDN-12 everywhere instead? Just as much of an eyesore, but a damn sight cheaper. * Note: This number may have been pulled from my arse, but …
CatCam
I’ve often wondered just what my cats get up to when they shoot out of the house in the morning heading for parts local, but unknown. I’ve pondered fitting them out with a camera to capture their day, but never done more then ponder it. A chap in America has taken the idea and made …
Not your usual Essex birds…
The Chase Nature Reserve had an open day / fayre / fun run today. I flaked out on my resolution to run in the race this year but I went along for the fayre and to take photos. The lovely weather saw a good turnout and there were several displays from the rangers, local art …