A couple of years ago, we had some daffodils in the house, complete bulbs that is, which grew and were lovely. We put the bulbs away in some soil in the hope they would return. They did nothing last year though, and we thought they were doing nothing this year—to the point that we were getting ready to just throw them. However, one of them then produced a little shoot, which has been growing strong, and was joined by a second bulb after a few days. For some reason I’ve been measuring1 them a few times per day, tracking their growth!
I’m beginning to think the idea of responsibility has become very disconnected from the concept of consequences in this country…
Minion Christmas Cake
This year’s christmas cake offering
A Couple Of Planets
Not bad for a handheld shot on my phone
Advent Is Each Year
It’s that most wonderful time again—time for my Advent Calendar, produced by my wonderful partner Heather.
Advent 2020
The 2020 version of my wonderful Advent Calendar
First, a reminder of last year’s offering:
Advent Calendar
November 30
Sweeties
A Puzzle
Milky Bar Buttons
Twix And Galaxy
Snickers And Bounty
Bear Head
Teaser And Bounty
Wall Crawling Snowman
Crisp M&Ms
More LIttle Chocolates
Twix-Bounty
More Raisins
A Mars Bounty
Mars Is In This Galaxy
Screwy Car
Galaxy-Mars
Puzzle U
Milky Buttons
Teasing The Galaxy
Between The Meals
Sun-Maid
The Snickers Way
Rugby Dood
Snowman Number 2
FInal Day
Balls
One big, two small, all chocolate
One of the awesome things about my advent calendar is that it starts a day earlier than others! Starting traditionally with some chocolate balls!
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Absolutely terrifying crash in the F1 race this afternoon, from which Grosjean somehow walked away. For anyone doubting the value of motor-racing, that’s the sort of safety advancement might one day save your life on the motorway.
Not Available Via Seance
The incomparable, and appropriately named, Amazing Randi died last week. He was the finest of sceptics, and a knight of truth. I feel his anger towards those who would lie and take advantage.
Here is his marvellous TED Talk
Here he is in an interview basically doing Uri Geller’s act without lying about things:
And a bit of “ESP“:
Surviving The Quacks (i.e. the lying charlatan “faith healers”):
There’s a wonderful documentary from a few years back, “An Honest Liar”, well worth a watch if you get the chance.
And here’s a link to some bonus Penn and Teller content because they get angry about this bullshit too.
An Historic Getaway
The world shutting down due to Covid has, for obvious reasons, somewhat curtailed this summer’s activities. Not a lot has been happening while this pandemic is brought more under control. We finally reached a point (at least for now) where restrictions were lifted enough, and Heather and I felt comfortable enough, that we could tentatively take up with the trip we had planned for Easter, just delayed by several months.
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NASA SpaceX Demo-2 looking much more hopeful for launch this time round. Come on!
Nothing like watching a new era of space launches (assuming the weather gets out the way) #SpaceX #NASA